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What Alternatives did the colonists have to fighting the british in the Revolutionary war?
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∙ 9y ago
The colonists did have alternatives to fighting for independence during the Revolutionary War. They could have submitted to foreign rule and remained a colony. Another option could have been to peacefully declare independence, like Canada ended up doing.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoGuerilla tactics. Instead of soldiers stand in a line and taking turns shooting one another, Americans would hide behind bushes or take a shot and run away. This is standard now, but it was a brand new idea back then.
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∙ 13y agoThe Colonists had more motivation to win the Revolutionary War, so they had more reason to win; the British soldiers only fought because their king said they had to. Of course, the Colonists won, even though they had less soldiers with no experience and few supplies while the British had lots of soldiers, they were all experienced, and the king supplied them with food and water.
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∙ 12y agoThe alternatives for the colonists who wanted a free America were to either fight the British and win, or continue to be ruled by King George.
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When did the british realize that fighting the colonists would not be easy?
The British realized after the Battle of Bunker Hill that fighting the colonists would not be easy.
What did the British think of the colonist's fighting technique?
The British did not at all approve of the way the colonists were fighting. Colonists were using what is known as guerilla tactics. The British believed in open fighting, in lines, on fields. The colonists were attacking from cover, and quickly disappearing. The British found this ungentlemanly.
What did the colonists realize after fighting alongside British soldiers?
They were very different from the British soldiers and wanted to declare independence from England.
Why according to this document were the Americans justified in fighting the British?
because the British began to violate the rights of the colonists.
What ended the battle of Yorktown?
The British surrendering at Yorktown ended the fighting between the British and Revolutionary forces in America.
What were the Colonists and the British fighting for in the Revolutionary war?
The colonists wanted freedom from a king who allowed them no representaion yet overtaxed them. The British wanted to keep "their" colony.
What was the contienental army in revolutionary war?
The Continental was the American soldiers, the colonists, that were fighting for freedom of British rule.
Who did the colonists fight in the Revolutionary War?
British
What did the colonists do in the Revolutionary War?
supported the British
When did the british realize that fighting the colonists would not be easy?
The British realized after the Battle of Bunker Hill that fighting the colonists would not be easy.
What did the British think of the colonist's fighting technique?
The British did not at all approve of the way the colonists were fighting. Colonists were using what is known as guerilla tactics. The British believed in open fighting, in lines, on fields. The colonists were attacking from cover, and quickly disappearing. The British found this ungentlemanly.
What were some strengths of the US in the revolutionary war?
The Continental Army was fighting the war with Britain in the colonies. The advantage there is that the colonists were fighting in their own territory. The British army was 3,000 miles away from Britain.
Did the british or the colonists have more money during the revolutionary war?
the British did cause that's when the colonists just settled there
What did the colonists realize after fighting alongside British soldiers?
They were very different from the British soldiers and wanted to declare independence from England.
Who were the two main participants in the Revolutionary war?
The British and the Colonists!
Who fought against whom in the Revolutionary War?
The British fought against the colonists during the revolutionary war. but the British were more likely to win because they were far more wealthy than the colonists were, and the British also had more people in their armies. But the colonists were fighting on familiar land and had they had the courage to fight because they were defending their land, their homes and their country, and they also didn't need to send troops across the Atlantic ocean to fight.
When did the British realize that fighting the British would not be easy?
The British realized after the Battle of Bunker Hill that fighting the colonists would not be easy.
