William Dawson
The British thought that the south would be more more willing to submit to British rule due to the fact that roughly half of the population was employed by the British government besides that it was easier to attack due to its proximity to British bases in the Caribbean.
With France in the war and the northern army defeated, the British looked to the South to regain the upper hand. In order to win in the South, they planned get loyal colonists to fight for them. They also offered slaves freedom if they would fright for the British. The tide of war was turning in favor of the Americans.; idk if it worked....- apex
British Guiana
The Netherlands was invaded by Napoleon and lost temporary control of all her colonies and the British took advantage of the situation going on and took control of Cape Colony/South Africa to prevent it from falling to France. They gave South Africaback to the Dutch East India Company but they were declared bankrupt afterwards soBritain annexed Cape Colony and expanded to the North by fighting wars with Native Africans and the Boers.
Answer this question… The Cape Colony
The British hoped to defeat the Americans in the South before French help could arrive.
They began supporting the Patriots
William Dawson
They began supporting the Patriots
The fundamental reason the colonists revolted was taxation without representation.
The Boer War, between the British and the Boers (Dutch colonists) in South Africa.
The British thought that the south would be more more willing to submit to British rule due to the fact that roughly half of the population was employed by the British government besides that it was easier to attack due to its proximity to British bases in the Caribbean.
With France in the war and the northern army defeated, the British looked to the South to regain the upper hand. In order to win in the South, they planned get loyal colonists to fight for them. They also offered slaves freedom if they would fright for the British. The tide of war was turning in favor of the Americans.; idk if it worked....- apex
One cause of the Revolution was the colonists' resentment of British mercantilism. Parliament passed laws to discourage the colonists from developing their own manufacturing and to force them to buy British goods. Slavery was another issue. ChaCha!
South Sudan obtained its independence from its colonists in July 9, 2011.
The British employed German mercenaries to help win the Revolutionary War. They also believed that they were capable of dispatching of the colonists, however they were unprepared for the guerrilla warfare tactics the colonists used.