Why did the americans win the revolutionary war? what factors?

Answer 1

-The amount of time it took for the British to get reinforcements.
-The French aided us so the British would lose one of the major parts of its empire.
-The revolutionaries new the land better.
-Introduction of primitive guerilla warfare.
- An last but not least, they had more will to win than the British troops.

Answer 2

NICE QUESTION and I hope that I am not "juicing" your term paper.

Several reasons with the first being DESIRE and COMMITTMENT to the cause. The colonists had gone throught tremendous hardships to get to the United States in the first place for ONE REASON; to rid them selves of a TOTALITARTIAN Rule!

Then they stopped fighting the war like a bunch of gentlemen in suits and ties. They stopped doing the skirmish line that was like 2,000 men having a duel, slapping with a glove, taking 10 paces and that BS.

They started setting traps based upon good intel and ambushed them, they would draw them into a valley with a token force and then out flank them with either superior numbers or superior skills. HAH the Britsh made it easy with their pretty red suits!

They teach this EXTENSIVELY at the War College in Monetrey and the key is to modify your tactics to achieve your overall strategy, i.e. KICK THEIR DONKEY SO BADLY THAT THEY LEAVE!

The RED SUITS are a KEY ISSUE to both past and present and the British FAILED to adapt to their environment.

I am a COMBAT Veteran from Vietnam (1965 / 1866) and it was just NOT winable without NUKING THEM ALL as an Air Force General suggested (he got shipped off to a desk in North Dakota)

I operated with SV Commandoes and learned QUICKLY NEVER to turn your back on one in a S%^T Storm. If the tide turned SOME would switch sides in a heartbeat. The good guys and bad guys ALL looked the SAME.

We have the same PROBLEM in Iran except that there isn't much jungle. It is EASY for the insugrents to infiltrate the police, militia and then turn at a critical moment costing US LIVES.

I am a FIRM believer that it is better to teach someone how to fish rather than provide for them.

We went in, removed the unstable government and it is NOW time for the people to fish or cut bait and determine their own destiny.

Based upon our experience from the RW we operate best when we can either be covert or blend in with the population; this just is NOT going to happen.

Hope that this helps,
Jacques

Answer 3

LUCK. Stubborness and blind luck, yes, everyone was trying hard. Ethan Allen's men daring raid on Fort Ti, and a Boston book dealer dragging the artillery to NYC and chasing out the British, was a factor. A bunch of farmers rallied by Gen. Herkimer marching to relieve St. Leger's siege of Ft. Stanwix blundered into a ambush and fought to a draw, this blunted the "three prong drive" to split the colonies, and subsequently left the British shorthanded at Saratoga. The language barrier prevented German Hessians who thought Vermont farmers would give them provisions didn't realize those farmers were mustering to fight them. And finally frontiersman and chief scout Tim Murphy, dropped Gen. Howe on the battlefield, and none other than Benedict Arnold's leadership, it all added up to win the day. That victory convinced the French whose war with England was still ongoing, and by the simple presence of their ships at Yorktown forced the surrender of Cornwallis. (Almost makes up for the French double dealing with our enemies in the Middle East in recent years, not just arms to Iran but long range missile technology, I just hope if they have to shoot them down someday, they land on France!). At no point was victory a "sure thing" or any such thing as a "time table" ever discussed, it was mostly one skirmish, bluff, close call or disaster after another. If you need miracles to believe in, this was a big one. And that it didn't fall into chaos and tyranny afterwards like most revolutions, is what made it a real victory. A strong nation of principled men with high ideals, who could have taken over as happens in so many other nations when people have exhausted themselves in their fight for freedom.

Answer 4

Dopey Brits wore red jackets. Easy targets. The French came in on the war. The French hated the Brits more than the colonists. The colonists played dirty. Plus if they lost, they would have been tried as traitors, and hung.

Answer 5

Motivation. Not being pursued after the Battle of New York. Training later. Saratoga. The French Navy.

Answer 6

We fought smart and fought well. The English being at war with the French and the distance didn't help them out any.

Answer 7

You have to want Independence and work for democracy. You can not force it on a people, and you can not give it to a people. That is one of many reasons why the U.S. is failing in Iraq.

Answer 8

The French helped us. We couldn't do it without them.

Answer 9

We're so much better than the Brits. Were than are now.