Westward expansion also manifest destiny
A. Athens had the superior Navy and was their greatest advantage
A. It's is extremely complex, with many types of government possible.
Hi. I am not sure if there are choices that was included in your post. Just in case there's none, let me go ahead and answer this one for you. This was the Battle of Lexington where they battled for about a year before the independence. They used strategies such as the troops scattered in the area and was able to stop the British troops from using their full powers.
Albert Gallatin thinks the real motive underlying the idea of Manifest Destiny is the following one:
US thinks we are superior
Manifest Destiny was the belief that America should expand all over the North American continent as it was their divine destiny to remove Native Americans and other nations from their continent. Gallatin believed that this was only to show everyone the supremacy of the American nation.