Opium, which some 12,000 people were addicted to. Sometimes, instead of eating, people would eat opium and thrive on it. BTW Opium is a powerful and bad drug.
They dumped tea into the Boston harbor. Know as the Boston Tea Party.
Answer: It helped them use the land they've known, either by hiding or launching clever attacks, against the British.
Explaination: The Americans knew the land they lived in. They knew were things were, which hiding spots were the best, and where the British might come. Now, this factor may not have been the most effective during the Revolutionary War, but it certainly was a big help. The British just came and attacked, but the Americans knew when to pop out of the bushes or when to be at a specific area.
In these ways, geography was useful to the Americans.