Strengths+and+Weaknesses+of+the+Colonial+Army

There were many strengths and weaknesses of the Colonial Army in the 1770’s like, good leadership, moral advantage, being badly organized and economic difficulties. America wouldn’t have been the country it is today with out all of these things.

Some of the strengths are outstanding leadership of the military and peace making. George Washington was in charge of the military and Ben Franklin was the leader of talking to other countries and trying to be peaceful or come to a peaceful agreement. Another strength was European imports from France when Britain wouldn’t. Another advantage was that the Army was very supporting of each other and always had a positive goal like fighting for a case they believed in. America had some very important people that helped with the army, like when Paul Revere warned that the British were coming. " But it wasn’t just men that helped, there was one woman that helped the army too, her name was Molly Pitcher. Pitcher took the place of her husband, Mary Ludwig Hays, by loading cannons for the colonial army. Also what helped America win the war was by the colonies uniting, there was a cartoon that was published of a snake broke into peaces and stated "Join or die." 

A huge plus for the colonial army was Guerrilla Warfare, which means "little war" in spanish. A Guerrilla Warfare is a small group of combatants that use moblie millitart tactics in the for of ambushes and raids to combat larger and less moblie formal army. Guerrilla Warfare helped the soldiers hide and fight because the British troops were taught to fight facing their enemy in am open feild lined side by side.

But it wasn’t all fun and games there was many weaknesses of the Colonial Army. Some were that the soldiers were untrained, poorly equipped and often under the legal age of sixteen. The navy was also very small and disorganized. The written constitution (Articles of Counteraction) was not adopted until 1781. America also had economic difficulties, they were dealing with little metallic available for money and the colonist were fearful of taxation. Also happening there was limited military supplies. They had inadequate firearms and powder, clothing and shoes were scarce like at Valley Forge 2,800 men were barefoot.

As you can see we did win the American Revolution, it took a lot of hard work from a lot of different people.

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