During the Revolutionary War, the patriots faced some pretty tough odds against the British forces. At the time of the American Revolution, the British army was considered the strongest in the world, and their empire stretched around the globe. Despite their disadvantages, the patriots were able to pull through and win the war for several reasons.

Fighting on Home Turf
The first, and most often cited reason, is that the American colonists were fighting on their own land. If the English troops had grown up and trained in the colonies, they would have been better prepared for the terrain, the climate, and the fighting style of the patriots. Also, sending troops on a two month voyage across the ocean just to kill people, must have been tedious and depressing for the English soldiers.

Continued Conflict Kills Profits
Before the Revolutionary War, the British were making heaps of money on the trade and taxation of products in the colonies. After the patriots stopped obeying British laws, however, there was no more money coming in from the colonies. It simply didn’t make since for England to keep training and shipping troops over, when there was only a slim chance that they would make any profit.

Undermined by Other Countries
During the war, countries like Spain, France and the Netherlands did what they could to undermine British control throughout the world. Spain and the Netherlands started conflicts on other fronts, and France gave weapons and naval assistance to the patriots in order to help them ward off British control.

In conclusion, the patriots won the Revolutionary War because enough people in the colonies, and around the world, were willing to fight for America to be separate from the British Empire. It really wouldn’t have mattered who we fought during the revolutionary war, because with all of the support the colonists had, the result would have been the same.