[IYAS9YAS]

Hmmm, I seem to remember a rag-tag group going against the best standing army of the world at the time...We celebrate that army's defeat every year on July 4th.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Hmmm, I seem to remember a rag-tag group going against the best standing army of the world at the time...

True enough. And the weapons of the time were what? Muskets and cannon and wind-powered ships.

Now, go out and select a group of farmers and store-clerks who have no formal training other than what they've used for hunting, and let's put them up against a modern combined arms force.