Question

Compare how the American and British forces prepared to fight in New York. What do their preparations convey about the relative abilities of each army?

Answer 1

The new British strategy was to capture New York, where many Loyalists lived, and use it as a base to conquer the middle colonies. In 1776, the British launched the largest sea and land offensive before the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942, and nearly trapped Washington's army in Brooklyn.