What misguided strategy caused lord william howe and the british to fail?

i think the answer is a and i hope this ; ))

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a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”

to keep us neatruel and not get involved in any wars

he assumed control of treaty negotiations with a hostile power