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Mind Map by albertdoyle2001, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by albertdoyle2001
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American War of Independance
- Causes
- Britain thought she had sovereign rights (eg. the Declaratory Act)
- Colonists resentment to British policies
- Military presence
- Americans hated they were paying for protection in peacetime that could be turned on them
- Americans hated they were paying for protection in peacetime that could be turned on them
- Brewing discontentment in colonies
- Political voice spread ideas and plans
- Influential newspapers pushed neutrals onto a side
- America was the land of plenty, this meant that it could trade easily without the British
- Political voice spread ideas and plans
- Britain thought she had sovereign rights (eg. the Declaratory Act)
- Why did Britain lose?
- Geography
- It was always going to be impossible to fight 3,000 miles away
- It was always going to be impossible to fight 3,000 miles away
- French and European alliances vs Britain
- Britain did not try to ally with any country but when France joined the war it became impossible for Britain to win
- Britain did not try to ally with any country but when France joined the war it became impossible for Britain to win
- American strength
- Committed to their cause
- Washington's talent
- Success in propaganda hearts and minds won over
- Committed to their cause
- British weakness
- Insuficient land troops to cover vast expanse of ground
- Poor communications, differing commands
- Insuficient land troops to cover vast expanse of ground
- Geography
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