The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 8, Number 2, Winter 2019 | Page 104

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Foreign Intervention: The
and Spanish Navies on the
Daniel Boone
American Public University
Abstr
The American Revolution encom
by the thirteen colonies. After 177
gle for supremacy. At the center
an powers’ colonial possessions. G
an island nation, relied heavily on
their colonies. The colonies play
economic and political power in E
sions were important, the Caribb
the most economic revenue for G
While the East India Company m
the Indian Theater of Operations
only by the Royal Navy and the B
tance of the Caribbean possessio
majority of the resources of the B
after the conflict with the Americ
Prior to the outbreak of war in 1
a precarious situation, both econo
ish economic situation made the
Royal Navy difficult. The entry o
into the conflict compounded Br
ter its overall war strategy. The c
and Spanish navies, and later the D
power of the Royal Navy and thu
its naval might from the America
imperial possessions.
Keywords: American Revolution
ain, the Netherlands, Spain, econo
ribbean.
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