6.3

Front 1

1.This man was the Mohawk chief.

2. Most Native Americans fought with the British because they didn't want their lands entangled with events of the war and the British were more threatening.

3. The Native Americans did most of their fighting on the western frontier.

4. Joseph Brant tried telling the King that the British had been treating the Native Americans poorly but they have still been loyal.

Back 1

Joseph Brant

Front 2

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

2. This man's mission in the war was to end the British attacks on western settlers.

3.When this man took back the Vincennes the second time it was important because it strengthened the American position in the West.

Back 2

George Rodgers Clark

Front 3

1. These were privately owned merchant ships with weapons.

2. The Patriots needed to create these because the British were keeping Patriot ships from delivering supplies and reinforcements.

3. Their job during the war was to destroy the British blockade.

Back 3

Privateers

Front 4

1. This man was a daring American naval officer.

2. The name of his ship was Bonhomme Richard.

3. September 1779 his ship met up with the British warship, Serapis.

4. The Bonhomme Richard won the battle.

5. After the battle was over the Bonhomme Richard sank.

Back 4

John Paul Jones

Front 5

1. This man was was the commander of British forces in the South.

2. After defeating General Gates in Camden South Carolina this man realized he could not control the area he had conquered.

3. At Guilford British suffered defeat.

4. After the British suffered defeat in North Carolina Cornwallis abandoned the Carolina campaign.

4) It brought new support to the war from southerners.

5. Cornwallis realized the British needed to win the war quickly because more French troops were on their way, and American troops still held Virginia.

Back 5

General Charles Cornwallis

Front 6

1. This is a form of hit and run techniques.. The Patriots were using Guerrilla Warfare to attack the British.

2. The Patriots strategy was to catch the British off guard.

Back 6

Guerrilla Warfare

Front 7

1.This man was a successful guerrilla leader.

2. He was located at the swamps in Eastern South Carolina.

3. This mans nickname was Swamp Fox.

4. This man was known as Swamp Fox because he was quick and smart.

Back 7

Francis Marion

Front 8

1. This man was the replacement of Gates as commander of the Continental forces in the South.

2. His plan to attack the British in the South was to slit his army into two.

3. He was successful in his attack to the British in the South.

Back 8

Nathanael Green