They couldn't because of the Saratoga Campaign.
both movements were stalled by internal conflicts between different ethnic and religious groups. Independence movements in both India and Africa were also led by leaders who were able to exert political pressure necessary to win independence from the British. These include Gandhi and Nkrumah
Answer: the japanese invaded china in 1940
Explanation:
If the colonists had lost the war, there probably wouldn't be a United States of America, period. A British victory in the Revolution probably would have prevented the colonists from settling into what is now the U.S. Midwest. ... Additionally, there wouldn't have been a U.S. war with Mexico in the 1840s, either.