American Revolution Victory
... But due to key American military victories and advantages, the British were defeated. The British should have won the Revolution easily because their government was the most powerful in the world at that time. ... The United States had only one objective to accomplish to win the Revolution, and that was to hold out until the end of the war. ... The war took place on American soil, which favored the Americans by making it hard on Britain to control their troops. ... American leadership was superior to that of the British, and with foreign help, George Washington could defeat the British.