Table of Contents
- 1 Why did the British have a military presence in the American colonies?
- 2 What impact did the British navy have on the American Revolution?
- 3 What was the role of the navy in the Revolutionary war?
- 4 Why did Great Britain send Hessian soldiers to the colonies?
- 5 Why did colonists continue to think of themselves as British subjects?
Why did the British have a military presence in the American colonies?
Some colonists welcomed British military assistance in protecting them from hostile Indian attacks. The British government, however, never stated the most important purpose. The army was to act as a police force to keep the king’s subjects in line.
Britain also relied on her navy to defend trade flowing in from her far-flung colonies. During the American Revolution, the navy played a critical role in supporting the Army’s attempts to crush the American rebellion, allowing the army to strike anywhere along the coast.
The Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. The main goal of the navy was to intercept shipments of British matériel and generally disrupt British maritime commercial operations.
What did the British troops do to the colonists?
They often were rude and disrespectful to the colonists, and the troops were not known to display high standards of moral behavior. The presence of British troops in the colonies helped stoke the anti-British flames that were growing in the colonies and eventually led to the start of the Revolutionary War.
Why did the colonists keep fighting even when they were losing?
So you can see why the colonists were willing to keep fighting even when it appeared they were losing. The second big advantage: Distance. Great Britain was 3,000 miles away. Across the Atlantic Ocean. The British had to bring their army with all its supplies across that ocean.
Why did Great Britain send Hessian soldiers to the colonies?
Great Britain did not have a large army. They had a very large Navy, but their army was quite small. So to help out the King hired German soldiers to go and fight in the colonies. These soldiers were called Hessian by the colonists since many of them were from the German province of Hesse-Kassel.
Why did colonists continue to think of themselves as British subjects?
What evidence indicates that colonists continued to think of themselves as British subjects throughout this era? What evidence suggests that colonists were beginning to forge a separate, collective “American” identity? How would you explain this shift?