UPSC 2013 CDS 2 GK Paper

(1) and (2) statements are correct with respect to American revolution. The American military forces were inferior (and notsuperior) to the British. So, third statement is incorrect. Americansuccess in the War of Independence was primarily the result of the conflict escalating into a global struggle that the British did not want to fight. The involvement of the French, Spanish and eventually the Dutch placed Britain n a vulnerable position from which both the politicians and the armed forces began to question the valueof fighting in America.