how did the american political identity originate, persist, and evolve from colonization to the start of the civil war?

yes this was the tried and trusted method surrounding and stopping supplies was very effective in defeating these fortresses and some sieges lasted for years till final capitulation obviously there are some terrifying stories of the goings on by occupants under siege when recourses ran out some enemies were feared more than others the Mongols for instance they would kill every living thing once taking a stronghold so survival at any cost was undertaken it's too gruesome to detail

Besides the Thermopylae case, do you know of other historical examples of a army that faced a very superior army in terms of numbers?

I mean a particular battle in history.

Depending on how far you stretch the definition of Founding Father, there may have been two hundred or so between the two conventions, so threeout of two hundred isn't that weird a coincidence. Adamas and Jefferson were both old sick and frail and wanted to hang on to the anniversary of the Republic one last time; having accomplished that there was no reason to stay on longer, so they turned out the lights.

If you are talking about the Spanish victory over the Moors, then it was the right that the Spaniards reconquer what was truly theirs and to take back their land from the Muslim Moors who ruled over it under Sharia.

Muslims have been invading Europe not just in Spain but also in France & Italy, if not for the heroic defiance and sacrifice of the Christian population of Europe, then the land could have been conquered.