Copy and Edit

Why did Britain lose the War of Independence

Description

Mind Map on Why did Britain lose the War of Independence, created by aid atko on 12/28/2014.
aid atko
Mind Map by aid atko, updated more than 1 year ago
aid atko
Created by aid atko over 10 years ago
3
0
0

Resource summary

Why did Britain lose the War of Independence
  1. Geography
    1. Difficult to fight a war from over 3000 miles away
      1. Despite this Britain won most major battles
      2. Huge battlefield
        1. Difficult terrain
          1. rivers
            1. Mountains
              1. Variable climate
              2. Americans could retreat and regroup in the hinterland
                1. Widely scattered population
                2. American allies
                  1. French
                    1. Joined after Saratoga
                      1. Made it nearly impossible to win the war
                      2. Holland
                        1. Spain
                        2. American Strength
                          1. Americans committed to the cause
                            1. Hearts and minds
                              1. 200,000 people fought for the Patriots
                                1. c.33,000 died
                              2. Guerilla warfare
                                1. We get beat, rise and fight again
                                  1. As long as any patriot forces survived the war would continue
                                  2. Washington's good leadership
                                    1. Kept the army together
                                      1. Short of supplies and men
                                      2. Yorktown
                                      3. Frederick von Steuben
                                        1. Trained the army
                                          1. Improved sanitation
                                          2. Good politicians
                                            1. Secured European alliances
                                            2. Propaganda
                                              1. Won over hearts and minds
                                                1. Paul Revere's 'Boston Massacre'
                                                  1. Thomas Paines 'Common Sense
                                                2. British Weakness
                                                  1. Not enough men to cover the area or naval resources to cover the sea
                                                    1. Not able to win over hearts and minds of Patriots
                                                      1. Couldn't decide
                                                        1. War
                                                          1. Peace
                                                          2. Couldn't provide sustained support for Loyalists
                                                            1. 1:5 of Americans
                                                            2. Alienation of neutrals
                                                              1. Bad behaviour
                                                                1. Enlisted slaves
                                                                2. Bad generals
                                                                  1. Navy weakness
                                                                  Show full summary Hide full summary

                                                                  Want to create your own Mind Maps for free with GoConqr? Learn more.

                                                                  Similar

                                                                  Biology Unit 2 - DNA, meiosis, mitosis, cell cycle
                                                                  DauntlessAlpha
                                                                  The Biological basis of Heart Disease
                                                                  Andrea Leyden
                                                                  GCSE Statistics
                                                                  Andrea Leyden
                                                                  GCSE Chemistry C2 topic notes
                                                                  imogen.shiels
                                                                  History - Germany 1918 - 1945
                                                                  Grace Evans
                                                                  Chemistry unit 2
                                                                  36jessieh
                                                                  Acids and Bases
                                                                  Sarah Egan
                                                                  Cells And Cell Techniques - Flashcards (AQA AS-Level Biology)
                                                                  Henry Kitchen
                                                                  Types of Learning Environment
                                                                  Brandon Tuyuc
                                                                  1PR101 2.test - Část 9.
                                                                  Nikola Truong
                                                                  Welcome to GoConqr!
                                                                  Sarah Egan
                                                                  Browse Library