<span>The citizens don’t want to do any actual fighting themselves.</span>
Answer:
raise the money yes but to spend the money no
Explanation:
Trade routes to market were cut off by war, either water ways or roads. Farmers could not plant surpluses because they might not be able to sell the excess and it would just rot on their fields. Herds of cattle and horses were depleted either by the plundering of the British or as provisions for the Continental Army.
