Did the Virginian colonist's fierce allegiance to their new home outweigh their inexperience as soldiers?

Answer 1

If you're asking about the American Revolution, then in reality there should have been no reason that the British lost. The colonists were not soldiers, they were an untrained malitia. Now, the reason the British lost is because they didnt take the colonists seriously. The malitia had a couple advantages...one being just that, the fact that England didnt take them seriously, and second they had leaders that were former British solders, like General Washington for example. So in a combined effort of a group of people who wanted their independence from a country who treated them unfairly and the brains of the few former British Soldiers, they won the war. So in a sence yes, I do agree that their allegiance as you put it, to their new home, helped a lot!

Answer 2

And how weary soever your soldiers be, let them never trust the country people with the carriage of their weapons; for if they run from you with your shott, which they only fear, they will easily kill them all with their arrows. And whensoever any of yours shoots before them, be sure they may be chosen out of your best marksmen; for if they see your learners miss what they aim at, they will think the weapon not so terrible, and thereby will be bould to assault you.

Above all things, do not advertize the killing of any of your men, that the country people may know it; if they perceive that they are but common men, and that with the loss of many of theirs they diminish any part of yours, they will make many adventures upon you. If the country be populous, you shall do well also, not to let them see or know of your sick men, if you have any; which may also encourage them to many enterprizes.

Answer 3

I think it's more an issue of them not having many options.