@Val Killmore,
Val Killmore wrote: . . . took on the british military that was at the time the strongest, most battle trained, and equipped with the latest technology of the time, and the "insurgents" for the most part only had flintlock muskets and whatever gear they could steal from the enemy such as canons, etc.
You're the one who needs to study hsitory, clown. The British army was not better equipped than the colonists--they had the same equipment. The British army used the various models of the Land Pattern Musket, .75 caliber. The colonial legislatures had purchased those muskets for their own militias so that both sides were using the same weapons. You're just making this **** up as you go along. Later, the United States received more than 70,000 .69 caliber Charleville msukets from the French.
At Boston, the local militias outnumbered the British troops stationed there. When, in March, 1776, Washington put artillery on Dorchester Heights, they were obliged to evacuate because Washington's artillery dominated the harbor, and the ships of the Royal Navy could not elevate their guns to return fire.
On Long Island, the Americans again outnumbered the British, but Howe's troops were better handled, so Brooklyn Heights had to be abandoned, and eventually New York had to be abaondoned. That jackass Charles Lee managed to pack thousands of troops into Forts Washington and Lee in time to surrender to the British. Nevertheless, beginning in December, 1776, Washington, although outnumbered in total forces, used quick marches against locally inferior forcs and ran the British right out of New Jersey.
In the Satatoga Campaign, the Americans outnumbered the British at all times. When Benedict Arnold finally decided to ignore "Old Woman" Gates (as the men called him) and attacked Burgoyne's army, it was all over in three days. Burgoyne's entire army were made prisoners of war and were marched off to Boston, where the Royal Navy was obliged to come and get them.
If you like, since you so obviously need the history lessons, i can canvas the rest of the war for you, too. The only major lack the United States suffered was that of navy. After Saratoga in 1778, the French supplied that deficiency, and it was just a amtter of time--about two years, in fact, until Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.
You don't know jack ****.