The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 8, Number 2, Winter 2019 | Page 109

and Spanish Navies on the American Revolution 要 对美国革命造成的影响 民地的反叛。 1778 年后 , 战场争夺的中心则是欧洲强国的为一个岛国 , 严重依赖殖民地英国在欧洲的整体经济实力和然所有殖民地都很重要 , 但加大不列颠创造了最多的经济收 保有军事力量 , 但西印度群岛保护。鉴于加勒比海殖民地的方的大多数资源 , 尤其是自与战争之后。发现自身在经济和军事上都陷济情况使得皇家海军的维护和班牙海军加入这场冲突 , 导致得不改变其整体战争策略。法上 1780 年荷兰海军的加入 , 此迫使大不列颠重新聚焦于其以保护其帝国殖民地。 , 法国 , 大不列颠 , 荷兰 , 西群岛 ( 加勒比海 ) 1 War was one aspect that spread the British military thinly around the globe and hindered its ability to concentrate its force in one area, and the economic costs of the various wars prior to the American Revolution left the British economy in a precarious position. As a result, Great Britain was unprepared for a large-scale rebellion and even less prepared to fight a global war, two facts the British leadership, from King George III to Parliament, failed to recognize.