2. the protestant reformation was caused by weaknesses in the catholic church. for example, the services and bible were in the . the was the only one allowed to interpret the bible. the was wealthy because people had to pay taxes and left land to the church. this led to alot of corruption within the catholic church.

americans had many intangible advantages. well since the british fought a war far from home military orders, troops, and supplies sometimes took months to reach their destinations, and the british had an extremely difficult objective. they had to persuade the americans to give up their claims of independence, americans had a grand cause: fighting for their rights, their independence and their liberty. this cause is much more just than waging a war to deny independence.