Revolutionary war question?

Question

What are some similarities between the continental (us) army and the british army durring the revolutionary war. I cannot even think of one! I have lots of diffrences, any help appriciated.

Answer 1

Same weapons; nearly all the arms used were either British in origin or in design.

Same tactics and training; George Washington and others served with the British during the French and Indian War nearly twenty years earlier. This had a profound impact on how they fought the British.

Same culture; The Americans were still considered Englishmen by the cousins in England which lead to a fairly large anti-war movement to develop in England.

Answer 2

The Continental army was the regular army. Many of the officers, including Washington, had been officers in the British Army. In Washington's case, during the French and Indian Wars. I know more about the Navy, and a lot of our Navy traditions are based on the British Navy (the dominant Navy of that time). I would expect that given the experience of the continental army's officers that they structure would have been along the lines of the British Army. But I don't have any sources I can cite. Interesting question.

Answer 3

It's both a Revolutionary and a Civil War. It started as largely peaceful protests against Gaddafi's regime, but rapidly escalated into violent protests and now armed conflict. The people want change, so in that respect it is revolutionary. But, it has now escalated into open armed conflict between rebels (the revolutionary element) and government forces and armed civilian (militia) supporters of Gaddafi. Libyan civilians vs Libyan civilians and Libyan civilians vs Libyan government forces. It's a Civil War alright, and in the name of political revolution. The only way to differentiate the two would be to look at the situation before conflict begins. As an example, Gaddafi has oppressively ruled Libya, just like Mubarak of Egypt and others in Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The people are now tired and have demanded change, a revolution, and in some areas, like Libya, this has resulted in a violent attempt at revolution. Because it is Libyans vs Libyans, it is also a civil war, so it's a revolutionary civil war, a civil war to change things. Now, a common example of what a plain old civil war is would be the events that largely plagued Africa during the end of colonialism. In most African countries, the exit of European colonial powers left a power vacuum, whereby no one had been groomed or nurtured into government, and the result was almost always a violent civil war between various groups within the newly independent countries attempting to establish their authority. This is just a civil war as no existing way of running things had yet been established, so there is no revolution, only a civil war for control.

Answer 4

A lot of the tactics, were the same, as to battle order.

The British army was much more organized, with a chain of command.

The continental army fought harder, and eventually turned the tide, because they were fighting for independence, and freedom.

Answer 5

They both had to adapt to and endure the same weather conditions. The weapons they used were similar.