The Road to American Independence

Wars have been fought for as long as mankind kind has become sapient. From the early battles of the Greek and Roman conflicts, to the present day Afghanistan conflict, people have been using war to further their own interest, gain freedom, or protect their way of life, it is simply human. Many of these wars been influential in shaping history. One of the greatest example of these history-making wars is the American Revolution, a war which should have been won by the British.

British Forces had many advantages that could have easily win the war for them, but it is how they used them that brought their defeat. The British Empire was the worlds largest military power during that time, each soldier was given a extensive training time that covered each form of fighting that they would encounter. Another advantage that the british gained was the Holy Roman Empires Support. The HRE was made up of a cluster of german states, being that the the Holy Empire was brand new, many german states were still protestant and during that time nations would ally with others that have the same religion as them. The same thing went with the United Kingdom and bavaria and other smaller states, so during the revolution, bavaria sent german troops over to the colonies to assist the British forces. The British Empire was massive at that time, stretching form Australia to Hawaii, the empires population was massive compared to the 2 Mil. American civilians, Britannia’s income was massive as well, india would produce fine silks and spices and african colonies wold provide lumber and manpower. One considerable advantage that every nation needs to win is communication, “One set of walkie talkies could have won the civil war for lee”, is what a ‘historian’ said once. Many (but not much) civilians in the 13 colonies were still loyal to the throne, and many would report to British generals on the american troop movement, but sometimes they were actually double spies and other times the