Question

Which of the following was NOT a significant disadvantage the British faced in the American Revolution?

• A. The need to ship troops and supplies great distance across the ocean
• B. Possessing an understand and untrained army
• C. The unconventional hit-and-run tactics used by Continental Army and colonial militias
• D. A dogged army and significant large percentage of the civilian population that was determined to win and committed to independence
• E. The large amount of territory that the British needed to conquer in order to win.

Answer 1

The correct option is A The need to ship troops and supplies great distance across the ocean

The British faced three significant obstacles to achieving those objectives:-
1) Their army simply wasn't large enough to occupy enough square miles of territory in North America.
2) Distance. The American rebels had the "Home Field" advantage, while Britain had to maintain long supply lines back to the Mother Country.
3) The American Spirit. So long as the colonists were determined to resist, the British would have a difficult time retaining all the thirteen colonies. They had to break the American will to fight or at least disrupt America's unity to make it too painful for the colonists to wage a sustained rebellion.