Wars and Battles Opposing Forces War for Independence
On the surface, the American colonists appeared to be no match for the British soldiers, but the local forces did enjoy some advantages:
a familiarity with the terrain
the support from local populations*
short supply lines
potentially sufficient numbers of soldiers.
However, the British had what appeared to many to be overwhelming advantages, including:
the availability of highly trained professional soldiers
the world's most powerful navy
the financial and material resources of the massive British empire.
*Historians have speculated that American public opinion was fairly evenly divided at the beginning of the War with one-third actively committed to the patriot cause, one-third strongly bonded to Britain as loyalists, and one-third uncommitted and more concerned about their farms or shops than politics.
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On the surface, the American colonists appeared to be no match for the British soldiers, but the local forces did enjoy some advantages:
