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Chemical structure of PHAs / PLA

There was an increasing number of Americans who were born there and considered it their home . The concept of paying taxes to an English King thousands of miles away was increasingly odious . Several generations of Americans had grown up with an independent streak . The British still thought of them as mere subjects . As they saw it , the colonists were there to make Britain money and provide a hedge against French , Spanish and Dutch interests in the hemisphere

When conflict broke out it did not look as if the colonists would last long

. The British took control of major ports and tried to divide the colonies in half . This would isolate the south from industry in the north and cut the north of from the wealthy plantations of the south

In the early months of the conflict the only thing that kept the Continental forces alive was a "hit and run " strategy that took advantage of natural features , the element of surprise and espionage

The American spy network developed even faster than its army . With hundreds of spies in New York , Boston and elsewhere the American were winning the information battle . George Washington himself was innovative in this regard using information for purposes of deception

The British Army was used to European-style , open field , line against line battles . The Americans used more oblique strategies to their benefit , but developing an overall war strategy was difficult . The Americans were simply trying to stay alive and prolong the war

Infectious disease breakouts and a brutal winter in 1776 were decimating Washington 's troops . Washington had also been soundly defeated in New York and was forced to retreat across the Delaware River . Howe 's troops occupied the City of New York and Fort Washington an important strategic location on the Hudson River

Washington 's...

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