Why did the americans win the american revolution? what lesson from the american revolution can we apply to today? (restate) [2 parts]

The Americans (colonists/patriots) won because of Marquis de Lafayette because he came from France to train the American soldiers. Another big help was James Armistead. He gathered information from the British by serving s a spy for the colonists and serving as a slave for the British. He pocketed very important information, and turned it over to the colonists.