Why did the British opt to move operations southward after 1778?
A) They sensed a strategic opportunity in the possibility of retaking colonies that were economically valuable to the British Empire.
B) They were losing manpower in the form of less British soldiers.
C) They had hopes of greater Loyalist participation in the southern colonies.
D) They had lost four consecutive battles in a row.
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