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How was the Continental Army able to defeat the most powerful army of earth?

so the american revolution, how was the continental army able to defeat the british? and not just one battle, i mean in general.

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1. gorilla warfare
2. Help from the French
3. English had a loooong supply line to maintain, and the war was not popular at home. We had a lot of help, primarily political, from the French, who thought we'd be their allies later. Our leaders knew the territory better, too, etc.
4. oo that simple the british didnt have a dental plan
5. it's called determination my friend, and a love of freedom granted by our creator!!
6. Overall tougher conditions, the British weren't used to America's land. Territories were unfamiliar. And when you have a bunch of men who have been raised on that land and learned every dip and hill in it fighting for it... that's how the Americans won. Also the British had to supply.. that was expensive. A frontiersman with a rifle and knowledge of everything he needed to live off that land was more than a match for a British soldier with a wagon and a musket to keep him alive (at least fighting for his own land), and the French helped the Americans finish it all up.
7. 1. The British Army was one of the best armies around, to be sure, but the British were unable to deploy their full strenth to the colonies. They had lots of other committments (in India, the Caribbean, etc), and also had to keep a considerable force at home to protect from Spanish or French invasion. As a result, they were able to deploy only a fairly small force to the Colonies, and were forced to suppliment that force with very expensive Hessian (German) regiments and with unreliable Tory units and with very unreliable Indian forces. 2. Asymetrical Warfare. The militia forces fought a largely geurilla type war against the British, and even Washington's conventional Continental Forces seldom gave battle unless they had some sort of advantage, and when they did, they were careful to keep their route of retreat clear. This meant that the Americans tended to hit and run until such time as they had numerical superiority, and then they struck with the sort of fury one might expect of a people who felt they were being invaded by a foreign army. See Saratoga. 3. The British commanders tended to be kind of half-hearted and not very energetic. Time after time the British leadership (both Howe and Clinton) delayed pursuit of the Americans or else pursued slowly and cautiously. This allowed the Patriot forces to escape the noose on several critical occasions. Additionally, lack of unity in the British commend led to some grievous errors, such as Clinton's failure to meet Burgoyne at Saratoga, and instead, go off to capture the Rebel capitol for his own glory. 4. The French, who had a larger military (although an admittedly inferior Navy) became involved, and the supply of weapons and powder was critical, as was, later, the commitment of significant numbers of French troops and a large fleet of the French Navy. See Yorktown. 5. Due to French (and Spanish and Dutch) intervension, the British had to disperse troops and their fleet even further, after 1778, and were fighting at the end of a very long, very tenuous supply line. The fragility of supply lines and the slow speed of orders from the King hampered the fight.
8. Because the French came and bailed us out. Yeah, yeah I know, but its true. We won the battle of Yorktown because of the French and without that, there was no victory over the British. Sorry to wiz in everyone's Wheaties but there it is.
9. Motivation!
10. They did not have to put up with pin-heads like the ACLU, Congress law makers like Ted Kennedy,Nancy Pelosi Hillary Clinton,Al Gore,+ Cindy Sheehan and a lot more pin-head politicians. telling the army how to fight.that goes for the Tv. news also.