Francis Marion was an important figure for the colonists in the American Revolution. In November 1780, he and his soldiers avoided capture by British troops by escaping into the South Carolina swamps. This earned him the nickname "The Swamp Fox." This passage shows that the American forces usually had what advantage during the Revolutionary War? (1 point)

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Francis Marion was an important figure for the colonists in the American Revolution. In November 1780, he and his soldiers avoided capture by British troops by escaping into the South Carolina swamps. This earned him the nickname "The Swamp Fox." This passage shows that the American forces usually had what advantage during the Revolutionary War? (1 point) 
 they were willing to run away in order to fight later they were willing to run away in order to fight later 
they had better nicknames than the British they had better nicknames than the British
 they had already won the war by 1780 they had already won the war by 1780 
they used geography to their advantage

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The passage shows that the American forces usually had the advantage of **using geography to their advantage**. In this case, Francis Marion and his soldiers utilized the South Carolina swamps as a means to evade capture by British troops.