CAS HI 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Continental Army, Philadelphia Campaign, Minutemen
15 Aug 2016
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Against all odds, the americans won a great victory against the powerful british. Its navy was the best navy in the world. 3. in the first period of the war, the americans are almost crushed and the war really should"ve been over the french alliance and entry turns the war into a global war. Part of a long existing war between france and britain the globalization of the war was what pushed the british to try to capture the southern states against the north. Seemed a good move but led to their defeat. 1775 -> 1776 -> no american army. The army was made up of volunteers. Without taxes, they could not raise money. They could only request requisitions from the states. Composed almost entirely of people from new england. The soldiers mainly did not have military experience. People flocked into the armies to show nationalism. But it was a struggle to get people to fight.
