Answer:
Strength-strong army, many resources
Weakness- so spread out, vulverable to collapse and defiance of figures in power
Explanation:
This depends on your definition of "friendly". Although there was plenty of animosity in the years after the war, Americans and British maintained a fairly cordial relationship because it was in the best interest of both countries to trade with one another. However tensions over land disputes and the British taking American sailors eventually led to the War of 1812.
James Madison joined the Virginia Convention in 1776 and won approval for the "free exercise of religion". He also won another victory for religious freedom by persuading the Virginia assembly to pass a law that ended the Anglican Church's status as an official religion.
Answer:
At the onset on the war, in 1861 and 1862, they stood as relatively equal combatants. The Confederates had the advantage of being able to wage a defensive war, rather than an offensive one. They had to protect and preserve their new boundaries, but they did not have to be the aggressors against the Union.