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America's Victory Dbq

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In analyzing the American Revolution, one could see that America's victory could be summed up in three main parts, political, diplomatic, and military reasons. To start, the victory of the United States had many political reasons, such as Thomas Paine's pamplet "Common Sense" that had not only been one of the most influential pamplets ever written but had also called for a republic. This idea had given America the push they needed into fighting for their independence. Another political reason had been the Declaration of Independence in 1773 for it had, like with "Common Sense", pushed Americans for independence. One more political reason for the U.S. victory in the Revolutionary War would be George Washington himself. Yes, he had lost more battles than he won but with his amazing sense of justice, leadership, patience and especially being a man of wealth from Virginia, Washington had gained back the trust from the colonists to their government. …show more content…

This alliance had helped the Americans greatly by providing firearms, gunpowder, a naval force, more military strength, and most importantly, financial aid. America, at the time, had already been suffering from debt and did not have enough gold to back up the less important paper money. This financial aid from France had been essential in the United States' victory in the war overall with battles following Saratoga. To continue with the previous statement, the official formation of French-American alliance in 1778 that had offered the colonists everything Britain was asking for but with freedom. The alliance might have created a shaky bond between America and France but it had made the fight for independence fairer between the the two and

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