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the popular support to the colonists help them go through the tough times and win the war. in fact some colonists weren't even fighting, they were supporting their families and soldiers

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after the battle of Saratoga the french offered to help and make sure america kept their independence. without Frances military power the Americans wouldn't have ever had the chance of beating the superior British army.

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the British empire and its colonies were seperated by a vast ocean , a disadvantage to the british
this also effected the communication between the soldiers over seas

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When the British arrived they weren't expecting a climate change in the colonies so the colonists had a little advantage over the war. in fact in most wars , any group that had familiar terrain had the advantage.

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The British didn't know the war was going to be 7 years long and costly so by the end of the war they were really in debt. Because of this they declared that they wouldn't be able to afford another costly war.