The Britain's did not know the land that well so the Americans had and advantage
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The election of the US president.
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The biggest challenge facing newly independent countries is the challenge of political stability and keeping the country united, this is because newly independent countries often became independent as a result of bloody wars that resulted in an unstable enviroment and political feuds among conflicting factions.
For leaders to prevent his from happening, they would have had to be assertive in their goals and in the form of government that they feel would have been convenient for the newly independent country.