Question

What was Washington's strategy to win the war?



A to win as many small battles as possible at the beginning to encourage colonists to join


B to use the navy to prevent British troops and supplies from coming to America


C to capture British soldiers and persuade them to join the side of the colonists.


D to defeat the British in a large-scale battle

Answer 1

During the American Revolution, Washington's analytical reasoning style helped to win the day, because it was exactly what was needed for an underdog challenger to win a war of attrition. It was a consciously adopted strategy he used to improve his odds of success

Answer 2

Washington's strategy to win the war was to use the navy to prevent British troops and supplies from coming to America.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Washington believed that an army can stand only until it gets what it needs. In the war of the American Revolution, he worked on this philosophy of his own and included it in his warfare strategy.

He intelligently made use of his navy to cut the supplies of the essentials that the British Army was getting from the other side of the ocean.