made them more resentful towards their mother country causing violent revolts, boycott, and events such as the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party. This lead to the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775 between the colonies in America and Great Britain in which each side had both substantial advantages and disadvantages that impacted the eight long years of struggle. The colonies in America called a meeting for the First Continental Congress to discuss the lack of "law of nature, principles of the
Fight for America After the seven years war, Britain became the owner of the vastly wide open North America. The need to garrison over ten thousand troops among the colonies became a burden with all the financial costs. Britain began to tighten its control over the colonists over everything. Under the theory of mercantilism, Britain told the colonists they would furnish the products they made to the mother country and not export to other countries; resulting in limiting the colonists growth in
SOL 4 Essay Compare and contrast the major advantages and disadvantages of the British and the colonists as the Revolutionary War began. (strengths/weaknesses) As the Revolutionary War began, the British and the American colonists had many different and similar advantages/strengths and disadvantages/weaknesses that impacted their nations. The British had several advantages/strengths. They were seemed undefeated had a winning tradition. They outnumbered the Americans in most battles. They were
called The Revolutionary War. Through the long hard fought battles, the Americans came out on top, after the Battle of Saratoga, the turnover, the French has joined the Americans in the fight against Britain. Along with the battle, the Americans had faced many hardships throughout the journey of the fight for independence, but at the end, these advantages and disadvantages lead to the outcome of the Revolutionary War. To begin, the Americans were in a good position during the Revolutionary War. To elaborate
There are advantages and disadvantages in every war that can either be minute details or change the whole course of the war. In the Revolutionary war, there were many advantages and disadvantages of either side. America and Britain both had different things working for them or against them, many of these things were very significant by the end of the war. Although both sides had various advantages and disadvantages, America's advantages outweighed those of the British. In the war, America had
The American Revolution was a war fought between Great Britain and North America. The conflict started from growing issues between the people from the thirteen Great British colonies and the colonial government. Both, The American and British Army had advantages and disadvantages that contributed to a great outcome; The Treaty of Paris as a result to end the revolution in 1783. In February 1775, Massachusetts was declared being a state of rebellion by the British Parliament. The Europeans thought
the American Colonies. One of the group of militia is known as the minutemen. The word minutemen is a hard to believe but these individuals were ready in a minute or less when call upon to action. The minutemen played a role in the American Revolutionary war against the British. They fought against the British in the battle of Lexington and Concord on April 15th, 1775. After Lexington and
American colonists revolted against the British government for independence. This war began after Britain’s victory during the French and Indian War. With this victory, came the expansion of the British Empire. While this may seem like good news regarding warfare, the expansion of the British Empire became a substantial expense for the English government. Britain fell deeper into debt because of the costly French and Indian war and the new, larger British Empire. This led the English government to impose
During the time of the Revolutionary War, the American Colonies were upset about the England’s tyrannical rule and exploitation through harsh taxes. Eventually, the colonists revolted and split from England. They wrote the Declaration of Independence and created a new government whose outlines were written in the Articles of Confederation. Unfortunately, the Articles of Confederation had an overall negative impact, as it created a weak central government, a poor financial system, and inadequate
Their first and largest disadvantage was that the war was being fought on American land. The British had to send all of their supplies (food, clothing, weapons, and troops) by ship across the ocean. These ships rarely were able to reach America before being confiscated or destroyed, especially