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US-Adv./Disadv.
Patriot & British Advantages and Disadvantages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accurate Rifles | Patriot Advantage |
| 300,000 men | Patriot Advantage |
| Professional army (often trained for 5 years) | British Advantage |
| Quality of officers was low | British Disadvantage |
| The war was not popular | British Disadvantage |
| Soldiers had short enlistment periods | Patriot Disadvantage |
| Recruited men from jails and slums | British Disadvantage |
| Lack of artillery experience | Patriot Disadvantage |
| Financing (money for the war) | British Advantage |
| Home soil | Patriot Advantage |
| Had a variety of weapons | Patriot Disadvantage |
| Inexperience in building defensive fortifications | Patriot Disadvantage |
| Untrained and undisciplined amateurs (militia) | Patriot Disadvantage |
| Hessians (German mercenaries) | British Advantage |
| French troops and navy | Patriot Advantage |
| Inexperience in frontal attack fighting | Patriot Disadvantage |
| Not used to the weather conditions in America | British Disadvantage |
| Ammunitions and supplies were scarce | Patriot Disadvantage |
| Trained Navy | British Advantage |
| Volley firing which allowed soldiers to load and fire more quickly | British Advantage |
| Strength of belief in correctness | Patriot Advantage |
| Long distance to supply the army | British Disadvantage |
| Experience in wilderness fighting | Patriot Advantage |
| Financing was difficult | Patriot Disadvantage |
| Patriot Advantages | Accurate rifles, 300,000 men, French troops and Navy, Experience in wilderness fighting, Strength of belief in correctness, Home soil |
| British Advantages | Financing, Trained Navy, Volley firing allowed soldiers to load and fire more quickly, German mercenaries (Hessians) and Indian allies, Professional army (trained for 5 years) |
| Patriot Disadvantages | Lack of artillery experience, Untrained and undisciplined amateurs (militia), Financing was difficult, Had a variety of weapons, |
| Patriot Disadvantages | Soldiers had short enlistment periods, Ammunitions and supplies were scarce, Inexperience in frontal attack fighting, Inexperience in building defensive fortifications |
| British Disadvantages | Quality of officers was low, Recruited men from jails and slums, Long distance to supply the army, Not used to the weather conditions in America, War was not popular in England |
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