Their general performance early war was poor, due to them not being a real army, but rather more like quickly formed militia, consisting of untrained personnel. In all early battles there were outnumbered, and had little to no time to organize effective battle units. It was General Washington that managed to organize the militias into a regular army.
The answer is; industrilisation benefits the wealthy and exploits the poor.
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