Why did the British feel they would have more success fighting in the South?

1)British believed that most Southerners were Loyalists and that if they gained territory in the South, the Southern Loyalists would hold it for them. ... 3) Southern seaports were closer to the British West Indies colonies- if they could capture Southern ports, they could easily move troops back and forth.

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protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.