Question

Помогите, пожалуйста Complete the text “Historical Assessments” using words from the box. Use a dictionary to help you if necessary. a) assistance, b) battlefield, c) benefited, d) dispersed, e) entry, f) logistical, g) manpower, h) rebellion, i) seized, j) simultaneously, k) sufficient, l) suppressing, m) theaters, n) unabated During the war the Americans 1) ….. greatly from international2) ……. In addition, Britain had significant military disadvantages. Distance was a major problem: most troops and supplies had to be shipped across the Atlantic Ocean. The British usually had 3) ….. problems whenever they operated away from port cities, while the Americans had local sources of 4) ….. and food and were more familiar with the territory. Additionally, ocean travel meant that British communications were always about two months out of date: by the time British generals in America received their orders from London, the military situation had usually changed. 5) ….. a 6) ….. in America also posed other problems. Since the colonies covered a large area and had not been united before the war, there was no central area of strategic importance. In Europe, the capture of a capital often meant the end of a war; in America, when the British 7) ….. cities such as New York and Philadelphia, the war continued8) Furthermore, the large size of the colonies meant that the British lacked the manpower to control them by force. The British had 9) ….. troops to defeat the Americans on the 10) ….. but not enough to 11) ….. occupy the colonies. This manpower shortage became critical after French and Spanish12) …..into the war, because British troops had to be 13) ….. in several 14) ….. , where previously they had been concentrated in America.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1-c, 2-a, 3-f, 4-g, 5-l, 6-h, 7-i, 8-n, 9-k, 10-b, 11-j, 12-e, 13-d, 14-m.

Объяснение:

Answer 2

During the war the Americans 1) benefited greatly from international 2) assistance. In addition, Britain had significant military disadvantages. Distance was a major problem: most troops and supplies had to be shipped across the Atlantic Ocean. The British usually had 3) logistical problems whenever they operated away from port cities, while the Americans had local sources of 4) manpower and food and were more familiar with the territory. Additionally, ocean travel meant that British communications were always about two months out of date: by the time British generals in America received their orders from London, the military situation had usually changed. 5) Suppressing a 6) rebellion in America also posed other problems. Since the colonies covered a large area and had not been united before the war, there was no central area of strategic importance. In Europe, the capture of a capital often meant the end of a war; in America, when the British 7) seized cities such as New York and Philadelphia, the war continued 8) unabated. Furthermore, the large size of the colonies meant that the British lacked the manpower to control them by force. The British had 9) sufficient troops to defeat the Americans on the 10) battlefield but not enough to 11) simultaneously occupy the colonies. This manpower shortage became critical after French and Spanish 12) entry into the war, because British troops had to be 13) dispersed in several 14) theaters, where previously they had been concentrated in America.