1. 3,000 miles from home, poor communication with leaders and supply lines 2. America was unfamiliar territory for them and it was large so it was difficult to conquer and to hold territory 3. Country had been at war for many years and citizens were tired of war and taxes for war 4. Red uniforms and style of fighting made them easy targets 5. Soldiers fighting for a King, not their own cause
hortages of ammo, food, clothing, and medicine also made men flee and people die of starvation or weather. Loyalists because they made up 1/3 of the population which meant less men to help fight. They lacked a real navy which hurt them because they had no way to defend the coastlines if they didn't have a real navy.
