6.3

Front 1

1) This guy was a Native American chief.

2) Most Native Americans fought with the British because the British seemed less of a threat than the Americans.

3) The Native Americans mostly fought west of the Appalachian mountains.

4) He was trying to tell the king that they're doing their part to support the king, but it's hard for them to trust them.

Back 1

Joseph Brant

Front 2

1) This man was a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia.

2) His mission was to get Vincennes back after it was taken from them. To end the British attack on Western settlements.

3) The importance of him taking it back was that it strengthened our position in the West.

Back 2

George Rogers Clark

Front 3

1) Privately owned merchant ships with weapons.

2) The Patriots needed to create these because the navy was too weak.

3) Their job during the war was to capture British ships.

Back 3

Privateers

Front 4

1) This man was an American naval officer.

2) The name of his ship was Bonhomme Richard.

3) The ship he met up with was Serapis.

4) The Bonhomme Richard won the battle.

5) His ship sunk not long after the battle.

Back 4

John Paul Jones

Front 5

1) This general was in command of British forces in the South.

2) After he won against Gates he realized that he couldn't control the area he conquered.

3) Greene united his forces at Guilford and fought against the British, they had to retreat but the British suffered great losses.

4) The result of the British losing in North Carolina was that they had to abandon the Carolina campaign. It brought support to the war from the Southerners.

5) He realized they would have to act quickly to win the war. The French were sending troops to help the Patriot army.

Back 5

General Charles Cornwallis

Front 6

1) A hit and run tactic used in fighting in wars with small groups people.

2) To win a war you might need to use guerrilla warfare.

3) This strategy caught the British off guard, giving the Patriots the upper hand.

Back 6

Guerrilla Warfare

Front 7

1) This man was a successful guerrilla leader.

2) He was located at outside swamps of eastern South Carolina.

3) His nickname was the Swamp Fox.

4) He was given this nickname because he was quick and smart.

Back 7

Francis Marion

Front 8

1) This man was a commander in the south.

2) His plan to attack the British in the South was to split his army in two and reunite his army to meet Cornwallis's army.

3) His plan was successful.

Back 8

Nathanael Greene