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- 1The American RevolutionCivil war between Americans & British
*Americans ended up losing a lot of battles but they outlasted the British, forcing them to grant independence - 2U.S. AlliancesFrance, Spain, Netherlands
- 3__% of gunpowder used by American soldiers cam from?90, Europe
- 4British Military Power: Most of British soldiers were from?German state of Hesse-Cassel
"Hessians" - 5British also recruited:American Loyalists, Native Americans, African Americans
- 6British Military Power: British's first attempt:focused on blockading New England's seaports in order to strangle American trade & eventually force them to give up
- 7British Military Power: British's second attempt:sought to destroy George Washington's Continental Army
- 8British Military Power: British's third attempt:tried to drive a wedge between NY and New England
- 9British Military Power: British's final attempt:moving their main army into the southern colonies in hopes of rallying Loyalists in that region t beat back the Revolutionaries
- 10The Continental Army: Challenges:create an army & navy from scratch, had little money which made recruiting, supplying, equipping, training, paying soldiers & sailors hard
- 11Patriot Army: citizen-soldiers:poor American farmers or recent immigrants who had been indentured servants
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- The American Revolution 1779-1783
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