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Jul-2021

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Formidable Obstacles

In embarking on the fight for independence, America faced formidable obstacles. The Continental Congress did not have the authority to pass binding legislation or to impose taxes. The new nation had no army and no navy, and its population numbered only 2.5 million people, 20 percent of whom were slaves. Britain, by contrast, was a mighty power of 11 million people with the world’s best navy and a well-disciplined army. Fifty thousand troops were in North America in 1776, and Britain hired thirty thousand German soldiers to supplement its forces during the war. However, the American Revolutionaries were not deterred.

The main idea of the passage is:

a) America’s military forces were less experienced that Britain’s militaryb) America’s Continental Congress had limited authorityc) As America was about to engage in its struggle for autonomy, it was faced with arduous barriers.d) Britain was a great power whose population outnumbered that of America’s

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