4) <span> there were shortages of everything from food to clothing to medicine. Washington's men were sick from disease, hunger, and exposure. 5)</span><span>after 21 days of fighting, the British troops, led by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis, surrendered their weapons to the </span>American<span> revolutionary forces, led by General George Washington, and to the </span>French<span> troops under the command of the Comte de Rochambeau. 6)</span><span>women and enslaved Africans wanted freedom and equal rights too 7)Not sure sorry 8)</span>It actually led directly to the French Revolution. During the Revolution, France and Spain noticed that America was actually holding out pretty well against the British. Therefore, they decided that this was an opportune time to wage war on Britain through America. 9) <span> the </span>British<span> agreed to recognize American independence as far west as the Mississippi River. Americans agreed to honor debts owed to </span>British<span>merchants from before the war and to stop persecuting </span>British<span> Loyalists.</span><span>
The theory of mercantilism motivated overseas exploration as it posited that a country's power depended mainly on its wealth. Consequently, various nations sought to increase their wealth and power by establishing colonies where they could extract resources such as minerals which determined the wealth of a nation
