American Revolution Strengths

To many historians alike, the dawn of the American Revolution all started after the boycott of British goods during the Townshend Acts. Everyday necessities, including paper, glass, tea, and paint, were all needlessly taxed. In respond to these hasty actions, the colonists, both Loyalists and Patriots alike, organized boycotts on such goods. Women were essential for these events, for they did most of the shopping. Later on, every Townshend Act, aside from the tax on tea, was repealed, which lead to the Tea Act which taxed outside tea but reduced the cost of British tea for the colonists. This in turn caused the Boston Tea Party, in which thousands of pounds of tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor. Fast forward a bit and the Intolerable Acts
For instance, some of the British strengths included physically outnumbering the colonists and their European-style tactics. With over 42,000 British soldiers and 30,000 Hessians for support, the colonists would have been crushed either way. Both sides being from Europe might have been the influence of European-style war tactics, including the Rules of War, such as capturing a capital city being the automatic victory. Moving on, the British had some weak points as well. Poor leadership made it difficult for soldiers and even common folk to keep the British cause alive, possibly leading to the defeat of the British during the Battle of Yorktown. British pomposity did not help, as it made them overconfident in their abilities to defeat their foes, the Americans, in every battle they encountered, which they in fact did not. Although they came from rough beginnings, as does everybody, these underdogs had some strengths up their sleeves. For instance, the Culper Spy Ring was very successful in gathering intel about military and other intelligence about the British army. Help from other allies, such as France, also helped tremendously, because without France, America could possibly have lost the American Revolution. Then again, the Americans did have some weaknesses. The most troubling would be the supply shortages, including basic necessities, like food during the Winter of Valley Forge. Another important disadvantage for the Americans was the fact that they had only a few thousand troops in comparison to the intimidating British army. At the end of the day, both armies, the British and Continental, had many advantages, as well as some weaknesses to go along with those, but all said and done, the Americans won the Revolutionary