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When they were forced to defend themselves in their quest for independence the Patriots did not have a Navy. They had miles of coastline to defend and did not even own a single armed merchantman and they had no concept of how to build a ship of the line and no weapons with which to arm it.

They had far more troops then they had muskets. Those that owned firearms had no shot or gunpowder. The militia units were poorly equipped and trained. They were willing to fight, but had nothing to fight with.

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