WHY DID THE AMERICANS TRIUMPH

The Americans triumphed in the war for Independence due to a number of reasons, which when combined, could only lead to one solution, that of victory for the Americans. As Hugh Brogan says, ‘There was no middle ground for the Americans: for them it was either victory or total submission.’ The reasons are far and wide reaching and include a number of failures by the British. The British failed to use the loyalist Americans who …

…population, they kept some of their better and more experienced troops away from the conflict and found the distance between government and battlefield a major obstacle. The role of George Washington as commander-in-chief was a crucial factor in the success of the Continental Army and in the support he was able to receive from Congress. American success was cemented by the support it received from other countries including Holland, Spain and in particular from France.