How did geography help the patriots win the American revolution?

Answer 1

It helped because the colonists knew the land and when the Americans were in the woods they suffered less losses that when in a plain. Also George Washington could never be pinned down when he was on the mainland.

Answer 2

ANSWER:

It seemed at first that Americans had little chance against the mightiest empire in the world. The British Empire extended from Europe to India. The British outnumbered the Americans three to one. The empire had enormous financial resources, stockpiles of arms, and a mighty navy. But Americans did have one very important factor on their side, and that was distance. A huge ocean separated them from Great Britain. The British had to ship arms and armies over this wide stretch of water, a very expensive undertaking. In the end this distance, as much as anything else, defeated the British.

Distance was an important factor within the colonies, too.

American generals could retreat over a vast, sparsely settled landscape without yielding anything of importance. British armies marched and conquered and found themselves controlling nothing but the soil beneath their feet, while a hostile wilderness closed in behind them.

Answer 3

In the Revolutionary War, the policies of the British gradually turned a number of their American friends into enemies. The British generally had more powerful armies. They could win battles. However, they needed supply lines. Since the Americans had the hearts of the population, the British could not protect their supply lines. The British Army had little difficulty conquering Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To supply their army, they had to send out troops to buy or steal supplies. These would be attacked. Attempts to provision troops by sea would be met by cannon temporally placed along the shore. The British could not remain away from the sea. In the South, The British won some battles. The Americans won some battles. General Greene wiped out the supply depot in Cold Spring, South Carolina. American Cannon prevented the resupply of British forces by river. Thus, to win the war, The British would have needed to send supplies across the Atlantic, which they could do. They also would have needed to send supplies to the back country, which they could not do.