1. Describe two advantages of the British and two advantages of the colonists at the beginning of the war. 2. Describe two ways in which the colonists were helped by other countries.

1)

    a. Britain's military was the best in the world. Their soldiers were well equipped, well disciplined, well paid, and well fed. The British navy dominated the seas.

    b.The colonists had foreign aid, knowledge of the land

2)

    a. The French navy served as an invaluable ally to the fledgling American fleet and French land

    b.Like France, Spain provided aid to the colonists in the form of funding, as well as by fighting Britain on a second front.

- "schenck v. united states, case in which the u.s. supreme court ruled on march 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the u.s. constitution's first amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” "

- speech aimed to potentially create danger could be banned.

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