Political Science 2244E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Electoral College, List Of Fables Characters
6 Apr 2017
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Poli sci 2244e: american government and politics lecture 1. At least half of the people did not want to leave england. The war was already being fought before the declaration of independence was signed. Battle of boston and battle of new york already undergoing. England truly thought they could reach an agreement. A tremendous amount of luck that the united states won. The united states army was disorganized while the british were a professional army. Most of the british soldiers had see(cid:374) war (cid:271)efore, while the a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)"s had (cid:374)ot. British did not fight during the winter, the us broke the rules of old time battle and did. The united states army was not really an army. No formal training, no rules in place for how to govern the army. Problems with the men keeping themselves clean. All kinds of illness (between 60% and 75% of the army was sick) 13 sovereign states (13 governments, no way of coming together.
