Many items were purchased. I think
<span>settlers thought the West became a more desirable place to make a new start
sounds more reasonable~</span>
Leonidas, one of the two kings in the Spartan diarchy, died fighting the Persian Invasion at Thermopylae. He had a force of three hundred Spartans, augmented by a thousand or so soldiers from his allies. He had sent the main part of his force in retreat, and was holding the pass at Thermopylae in order to give the Athenians and the other Grecian states more time to prepare against the Persians. <span />
D is the correct answer.
The British Army was the far superior force. The British Navy was the far superior force. Britain was also a manufacturing powerhouse.
But the British Army was fighting to preserve something while the Revolutionaries were fighting for their rights and to start something new.
This question is delightfully biased but it is true that the Americans, by and large, were more committed to the fight.