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Distance
Time
Terrain
Allies
Tactics
100
The distance between America and Britain
What is a long way of traveling to fight?
100
1778-1781
What is dates of the 2nd phase of the war?
100
2000mi
What is distance that the British had to spread their troops to fight over?
100
Spain
Who were the allies of the colonists
100
Hit and run tactics
What is guerrilla warfare tactics?
200
Things that took a long time to ship to America
What is troops and supplies?
200
1775-1778
What is the dates of the 1st phase of the war?
200
British supply trains were vulnerable to this kind of attack if they went too far inland
What are guerrilla attacks?
200
France and Netherlands
Who were the colonists allies?
200
Neat military fighting rows
How the British fought traditionally?
300
The monarch that ruled the Americas over the long distance to Britain
Who is King George III?
300
April 19, 1775 – April 11, 1783
What is the dates of the Revolutionary War?
300
This lack of supplies made this hard
What is operating away from ports?
300
Countries that supply manpower, money and supplies during war?
What are allies?
300
A disease that greatly affected British soldiers
What is scurvy?
400
3,656 mi
How far is Great Britain from the Americas?
400
The situations had changed
What problem arose when the orders arrived?
400
This limited the number of troops in the field
What is the need for troops to be stationed in towns to control revolutions?
400
American General that defected to the British Army
Who is Benedict Arnold?
400
George Washington
Who is the major general of the American side?
500
56,000
How many troops they shipped over to America?
500
2 months
How long did it take reports to get to London?
500
America was huge and the British didn't have enough manpower
Why couldn't the area control the area by force?
500
No one
Who were the British Allies?
500
Lord North
Who is the major general of the British side?