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Why did Britain lose the War of Independence

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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

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