Colonists knew the land, and used suprised tactics much like the Vietcong in Vietnam. Colonists were also fighting for their freedom, while British soldiers were fighting because it was their job. British soldiers also had to travel across the sea to be deployed, whereas colonists didn’t have to move.
America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor
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