The British strategy in its military campaign in the South in 1778 relied on which of the following factors?

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The British strategy in the South in 1778 relied on a plan to use Loyalists to administer the territories they expected to capture. British commanders believed that a large number of Loyalists lived in the southern colonies and that they could provide valuable support to the British army. They planned to use Loyalists to establish a civil administration in captured territories, with the hope that this would help them win over more colonists to the Loyalist cause.

The British Strategy in Its Military Campaign in the South