Which of the following helps explain why England lost the Revolutionary War?
a. British finances could not support the war.
b. George III never supported the war effort.
c. The British had to transport men and supplies across the Atlantic.
d. British soldiers sympathized with the Americans.
c. The British had to transport men and supplies across the Atlantic.
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