American Strengths/Weaknesses

Today in class we talked about the strengths and weaknesses the Americans had going up against the British  in the Revolutionary War.  The Americans had a moral advantage because they were fighting for their freedom.  Their leadership was strong to some extent, not necessarily in the military, but in politics.  They held a better position than the british, they were on the defense and they didn't have to invade anywhere because they were fighting on their own ground.  They had opportunities for strategic partnerships, specifically with the French as well as the Dutch and Spanish.  All these countries wanted to weaken the British Imperial empire.  The Americans didn't have to win the war by demolishing the british, they just had to tire the british out.  People commonly said "just don't lose".  Despite all these strengths, the Americans lacked organization, resources, supplies, and manpower.  There were only about three million colonists, and England was roughly three times their size.  They also had political weakness, they knew what they wanted, but they didn't know how to achieve it.