The Swiss Army is arguably the oldest army in the world.
Following the Seven Years War with the French the British had a large debt, which they believed the colonies should hold the large of the burden due to the war being in the colonies and as such increased the taxes, additionally the Proclamation of 1763 prevented settlers from settling Indian land which they thought they should be able to especially after the war, additionally the British left a small standing army of about 10,000 on the colonial border which the colonist disliked.
It's judicial powers and its' standing army.
The British imposed a lot of different taxes on the colonists and kept troops there. The major complaint was that they said: No taxation without representation -meaning , they would not pay any taxes unless the British invite them to the Papliamant and they could have a say in the government and decide how the tax should be spent.
Gustavus Adolphus (Sweden) during the Thirty Years War
Which colonists and which army. To answer your questions we need them to be clear enough to answer.
Which colonists and which army. To answer your questions we need them to be clear enough to answer.
"North Korea has the largest standing army of any nation its size."
No Taxation w/out representation
Paul Revere
A standing army is a "regular" Army, the number of Soldiers and equipment that are ready to go to war at very short notice.
A Christmas shoppers complaint is one of long standing!
they had a small army. they ran out of gun powder. their army wasn't trained
The phrase (not sentence) 'long-standing army' is grammatically correct. It means 'an army that has been established for a long time.'
It gave them freedom
Paraguay.
The worlds largest standing army is china.