What were the patriots’ advantages in the war? what were the patriots’ disadvantages in the war?

Advantage:
They were fighting on their home country. (they didn't have to travel overseas)
Britain was fighting France at the same time as they were fighting the US

Disadvantage:
They didn't have a trained army.
They didn't have much $.

One of the biggest advantages the patriots had was the way they fought. They didn't abide by the "rules" of war that the english used. They stopped being "gentlemen" when fighting and used surprise attacks and more crude battle tactics to win the war.