They had be able to continue to fight and cost the British large sums of money, deaths of their soldiers, and drag out the length of time for the fighting to wear them down and turn British public opinion.
Explanation:
America won the revolution because the British were tired of paying money and sending supplies for a war, so they surrendered. Washington knew that we didn't have to be the best fighters, we just have to prolong the war until the British got tired.
