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Technology The technological causes for the American Revolution were_ The printing press allowed for the Sons of Liberty to spread propoganda amongst the colonies, uniting and giving colonists a will to fight. The technological reasons for the colonists's victory were _ and unorthodox guerilla tactics. Guerilla tactics gave the American colonists a large edge over the British. The British were unable to adapt to the Americans' hit and run tactics. The wild landscape provided numerous oppurtunities for these attacks, and the colonists were also willing to kill enemy generals. Because they were adapted to the feudal wars back in Europe, the British believed that killing the general (noble) was dishonorable, and so they did not retaliate likewise, and let themselves be whittled down and demoralized. The British also failed to realize that repeatedly crushing the colonial troops (and letting many escape) would not result in surrender from the colonists. They did not expect colonists to continue regrouping and attacking again.