During the Revolutionary War, what were the British advantages, and what were the American advantages?

Question

Army - traning
Army - supplies
Navy - size and strength
Supply Lines- distance from home
morale - reason and will to fight
Leadership

Answer 1

The British were better trained in their army & its leaders. Years of training. They had great uniforms. The uniforms did make it easy to spot them. haha!
British had more money for supplies.
British had ships to garner supplies.
The British paid their military.

The Americans adapted their tactics to fit conditions. The British marched in line making it easy from behind trees to pick them off.
The British never adapted to change in fighting.
The Americans fought for freedom & had a cause.
Short of supplies the Americans learned to use of materials.
Americans blocked British ships from docking.
American leadership like General Washington inspired troops.

On paper, the British should have won but Americans have proved themself to be resourceful.

Answer 2

The British army of the American Revolutionary war was far from the worlds best, although it was well trained in close order drill, and was well supplied it was often poorly led and it's rigid doctrine did not really allow for tactical flexibility. The major problem was that the British army in america was operating thousands of miles from home with a mixture of raw recruits, native soldiers and mercenaries, with little espirt de corp, and a muddled and confusing command structure.

the Congressional army was almost the opposite-poorly equipped and trained, it did have the adavtages of home ground and a hardcore of seasoned vets who had fought for the British in the Indian war... indeed the Milita system provided a corp of highly motivated and experienced soldiers.

The Royal Navy was also not the dominant force it was to become, although it definately outnumbered and outclassed the French Fleet in the Americas.

I think the most important aspect in the British defeat in the revolutionary war was the Will to fight on either side. Britain at the time was just one empire struggling with a number of other powers ( ie the French), and with war on the continent, in India and on most of the world's oceans, it was almost inevitable that the British would suffer from Imperial overstretch. whilst the Americans where righty or wrongly grieved with the British crown and where fired by the revolutionary zeal of the day...that of liberty and equality.

Briatin was faced with a situation that was not a million miles away from the French and American experience in Vietnam, whilst it controlled most of the major towns and cities it was faced with a major insurgency that it could not bring to battle and decisevly defeat. In the end whilst the colonists were able to grow in strength and defeat the British at yorktown ( the wars Dien Bein Phu if you like) Britain lacked the forces, vision and political will to retain the American colonies.

Answer 3

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During the Revolutionary War, what were the British advantages, and what were the American advantages?
Army - traning
Army - supplies
Navy - size and strength
Supply Lines- distance from home
morale - reason and will to fight
Leadership

Answer 4

The British had a better trained army and navy...but the Americans were fighting on their own land, which proved to be an important advantage for them.

Of course, the Americans also had help from the French...

Answer 5

British had a well trained highly disaplined Army. There Navy was unmatched by any other Navy. There leaders were the best in the wold. Army was well supplied and high morale at the begging however towards the end it had dwindeld down. Major disadvantages were long supply routes. Colored uniforms.
Coloniests had home court advantage. Thats about it. They were lacking in numbers, support (not all colonists wanted to leave Britians rule) Navy was very ill equeped to fight the British. Army had no proper training until a Hessian came around possing as a officer but was a Sgt. Leadership was moderate at best. Improper clothing (winter) supply lines were short but still lacking. They lost all but a few battles. However those battles were Key to victory. The french helped us out to kill english is all they didnt care about our independence. So to summerize the Brits had every thing going for them. But despite that we gained our independence.

Answer 6

distinguish some of the challenged faced by both british and american forces during the revolutionary war and identify some of their respective military strategies.

Answer 7

British: superior army and navy: numbers, training, experience, resources
American: motivation, "home field advantage", persistence, assistance from France & Germany

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Answer 10

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