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Reasons for the American Victory. Six major reasons for victory. 1. The Americans were fighting for their own soil, homes and freedom. 2. The Americans were superior wilderness fighters. 3. Superior leadership: Washington, George Rogers Clark, Nathanael Greene, John Paul Jones.
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Six major reasons for victory • 1. The Americans were fighting for their own soil, homes and freedom. • 2. The Americans were superior wilderness fighters. • 3. Superior leadership: Washington, George Rogers Clark, Nathanael Greene, John Paul Jones.
4. Notable foreign volunteers: Marquis de Lafayette, Baron de Kalb, Baron von Steuban, Count Pulaski, and Thaddeus Kosciusko. • 5. France, Spain and Holland enter the struggle against Great Britain. • 6. Within England, public opinion was divided. ( William Pitt and Edmund Burke)