Who do u think should've won the war for Independence?

Question

The American colonies or the British?

Answer 1

Morally, the American colonies had real grievances and should have won just as they did.

Militarily, The British had a larger, better trained army. But the distance for the supplies they needed to fight a war was far to great, as well as the fact they didn't know the terrain they were fighting on. So again the colonies should have, and did win.

Answer 2

By all rights the British should have. They had the resources, manpower, military, and the domination of the oceans to pretty much do as they wanted. They routed the Spanish and were on the same path to doing the same to the French (ironically their support of the Americans in their War for Independence bankrupted them, or went a long way towards it). It was just that the British mentality (and European at large) of the time was to sink the navies, capture the ports, take a few key cities and capture the capital. By their thinking that alone the enemy should capitulate, and they were pretty inflexible that way too. It just seemed inconceivable that a guerrilla army could cause so much trouble and that its people would want to fight. You look at George Washington's track record as a commander you would see that guy was one lucky SOB (Son of a Brit), and he had that right touch of knowing when to attack key British military targets at the right time.

And it's kind of a myth that sending supplies and resources were a problem. They had regular supply lines running to North America pretty much without difficulty. It came to be when fighting to take back control over the continent become too costly when compared to also maintaining other colonies in the Empire did the priorities shift. India was actually costing the British more soldiers to occupy, but the economic output was far greater than NA. So, really it just came down to where the Brit's wanted to dedicate more resources to: someplace they've already pacified and subjugated (in India) and were making loads money from, or deal with a pesky, rabblerousing colony that was costing more to maintain than was turning tidy profit?

A history of the British Empire is a history of economics.Unlike the United States and its dealings with the Middle East, the Brits at least made no bones about what they were doing.

Answer 3

Little known fact, 40% of the American Revolutionary fighting force were French soldiers. France had two top field generals, including Lafayette who captured Englland's commander in chief Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown. French also sent a top navy admiral to Cheaspeake Bay between VIrginia and Maryland to block the English with a massive French naval force. The other French general was in Rhode Island with 5,000 troops moving to unite with George Washington in New York. The right team won the war.

Answer 4

Duh! The Americans!

The had a few things to their advantage: they were on their home territory, the were fighting a battle for their own freedoms (what the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were founded on) and England was trying to take over land (yet again) that they did not have easy access to. Not that American Indians are for the better for it, but they would have been treated the same whether the British or Americans had won.

Answer 5

the people that won it