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What Is The Cause Of America's Victory In The Revolutionary War

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The video “Revolution” documented America’s victory over England in the Revolutionary War. It shows why the war happened and how the Americans managed to gain victory against England. The colonists, or rather, the Patriots, won due to one major factor: the George Washington effect. The first battle between the Red coats and the Patriots ends with the defeat of the Patriots in New York. George Washington then retreats to the depths of the American jungle where sharpshooters led by Daniel Morgan, where they perform guerrilla warfare on the British soldiers. They started by making the travelling conditions of the British through the forest as hard as possible, slowing them down by chopping trees to block their paths. When the battle starts, they took out the British’s Native American scouts, thus gaining the terrain advantage since they knew the forest better than the Red coats. They also broke the rules of 18th Century Warfare by killing the commanding officer. Besides that, they were equipped with American long rifles, an upgrade to the German hunting rifle where it has a firing range twice that of a British musket (Revolution). After their first victory over the Red coats, France decided to ally themselves with the Americans. This is an act of …show more content…

Due to lack of funds, George Washington managed to lead his troops to survive the harsh conditions of the Valley Forge winter. Afterwards, they experienced their second obstacle: small pox. Small pox is a European disease, and since the colonists have been isolated from this illness for nearly two centuries (chapter 3, slides), they did not have the immune system to overcome it. George Washington took a gamble and decided to expose the healthy soldiers with the small pox virus, modern day known as vaccination. His gamble paid off, losing only 1 in 50 soldiers to small pox rather than losing a few thousands

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