Which of the following advantages was held by the british at the beginning of the war? . a. british generals respected the fighting powers of their opponents. b. they had won the hearts and minds of the colonists. c. all the soldiers fighting for the british were personally dedicated to the war. d. the british army had more weapons and ships than the continental army.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.