The Royal navy only occasionally engaged in combat, by bombarding positions on shore. Their major benefit to the British was in providing mobility for troops, carrying them to where they were wanted so they didn't have to march -- which was slow.
cause the know the place better
The 13 colonies were scared the British navy were surrounding them.
The colonies have the resources to build a great navy
The colonies have the resources to build a great navy
The population of the colonies is extremely high.
The British army and navy are mostly made up of middle-aged men
They didnt, although the british controlled most of the coast, they did not know the countryside that well, the colonists knew where they could fall back to better than the british
The 13 colonies were scared the British navy were surrounding them.
it aided the British by putting up the blockades to prevent the Americans from getting any supplies from over seas or getting any reinforcements from reaching the continental army.
Mostly, the French and Spanish navies.
They had a navy, more money, and more men.
They had a navy, more money, and more men.
The 13 colonies were scared the British navy were surrounding them.
The colonies have the resources to build a great navy
The colonies have the resources to build a great navy
Everyone in the Second Continental Congress knew that the colonies could not stand up to the might of the British Empire without some help. At the time the British Empire had the most powerful military force in the world, especially its navy. The colonies had no real naval force that could stand up to the British navy. The British navy could blockade American ports and land troops at almost any location it chose without meaningful opposition. The British army was much larger than the colonial army, because Great Britain at the time was far more populous. In addition, it had the money to hire Hessian mercenaries to bolster its forces. America needed France's navy to counter the British navy. Were it not for the French navy blockading the ports at the Battle of Yorktown, the British troops would either have been resupplied by British ships or simply evacuated and landed elsewhere.
The main reason is that until October 13, 1775, the colonies had no navy at all, and even then it was quite minimal.
The population of the colonies is extremely high.