It is often stated that the rebels/patriots defeated Britain because they had "home
field advantage" by fighting in North America, but who else could also possess in-
depth familiarity with the local terrain and population?
Native Americans who had lived for centuries in the region, such as the Iroquois
tribes, the Cherokee, Ohio, and others, many of whom sided with the British
Empire during the Revolution.
Loyalists who did not want to secede from the British empire (around one-fourth
of the white colonial population) who lived in the countryside and and towns
along the Atlantic coast of North America.
Canadians (also known as British North Americans), who resided along the
northern borders of may rebellious colonies, and where some of the Revoluion's
battles took place.
All the above.