The Armed Forces of the American Colonists Were Small, Poorly

question 67

Essay

The armed forces of the American colonists were small, poorly equipped, and often poorly led. How were those colonists able to defeat Great Britain, which ranked as one of the foremost military powers in the world at that time?

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Definitions:

Primary Motor Cortex

An area of the brain located in the frontal lobe, involved in planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements.

Somatosensory Cortex

The part of the brain responsible for processing sensory information from across the body, such as touch, temperature, and pain.

Short-Term Memory

The capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Working Memory

The part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.