Strengths+and+Weaknesses+of+Continental+Army

BY DESHAWN AND BLAINE Strengths and weaknesses of the Colonial Army These are the major strengths of the U.S. Army. They outnumbered Redcoats 3:1. They fought on there own turf making it easier to move and to take enemies by surprise. Later on they had high morale. They could easily resupply. They could fight inland to kill Redcoat navy. They had French assistance that helped them win the battle. They also used guerrilla warfare, which is also called scattered warfare; it is when soldiers would be scattered across the battlefield and not in a straight formation. They also would continue fighting until all colonies were captured.

These are the major weaknesses of the Colonial (U.S.) army. At the beginning of the war they had little or no training, poor navy, little discipline and low morale. For those of you who do not know what morale is, it is the amount of willingness to fight. They had to coordinate between 13 colonies, which was hard to do because communication was poor. Their ports were blocked so they could make little or no trade. Very short on money so they couldn’t buy weapons. They also had the Native Americans fighting against them.

These effects changed the war to the point of victory and without even one of these strengths we would lose. Without the French we would lose to the Redcoat navy, without the guerrilla style fighting we would be killed instantly and without the morale we would give up.

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