American Colonies Defeat The British In The Revolutionary War

Identify and explain three factors (there are many) that helped the American colonies defeat the British in the Revolutionary War.

Colonial forces were clearly outmatched by the British in sheer numbers, training, experience and equipment. Despite the clear advantage held by British forces, the American colonies managed to defeat them by making allies, using new innovative combat techniques, and by possessing the homefield advantage. A combination of all of these advantageous attributes allowed the American forces to overcome their superior enemy. If American forces would have confronted their adversary in a conventional way they would have been crushed by the experienced British forces. The first factor that allowed them to face British forces on an equal footing was their skill at making allies. Allies were easy to come by because of the
His plan would allow the U.S. to take control of its debt and to prepare for the possibility of conflict with Spain and Britain. He recommended that the U.S. government fund the first 54 million dollars of debt by selling new government bonds. Investors took the offer because it made their investments more secure and valuable. He decided to pay off the 25 million dollars of state debt caused by the war in the same way. Hamilton then suggested that the interest would be payed off by taxing whiskey throughout the country. This would kill to birds with one stone, it would reduce intoxication while paying for the national debt. He also argued that debt was not necessarily a bad thing if dealt with in the correct manner. Many people were opposed to his suggestions because certain states had far more debt than others. This meant that some states would benefit more from his proposed plan than others would. A majority of the protesting states were located in the southern