Why were the Colonies succesful in defeating Great Britain in the American War of Independence ?
British failiure to commit to the war(the British people had the same hostility towards the war of the Revolution as many Americans had towards Vietnam.), The vast distance of the Atlantic Ocean(especially the fact that sail driven ships took 2 months to get across) British atrocities against civilians(which gave sympathy towards the rebels, especially when the British Regulars committed them against the Loyalists[aka, Tories]) and sheer dumb luck(because either British stopped in their moment of victory or because George Washington narrowly avoided capture). George Washington and Benjamin Franklin probably did more than anyone else to see the war to a successful conclusion. George Washington through financing, training and organizing the Continental Army. Benjamin Franklin through Diplomacy in Great Britain(where he helped with the final peace negotiations) and France(where he was instrumental in gaining French assistance in the War effort) and did a lot of recruiting for foreign volu
