Ch 6, Sec 3

Front 1

1. He was a Mohawk Chief Native American.

2. The British didn't seem as much of a threat to them than the Patriots.

3. Most of the Indians were doing most of the fighting west of the. Appalachian mts.

4. The Indians are doing their part, but they have trouble trusting the white man because they keep getting their land taken away.

Back 1

Joseph Brant

Front 2

1. He was a lieutenant of the Virginia militia.

2. He set out to end British attacks on western settlers.

3. After he won back Vincennes his position strengthened the Patriot strong hold in the west.

Back 2

George Rodger Clark

Front 3

1. Privately owned merchant ships with weapons.

2. They hired these ships because the American Navy was basically nonexistent.

3. To destroy the British blockade.

Back 3

Privateers.

Front 4

1. He is a daring naval American officer.

2. The name of his ship was "Bonhomme Richard".

3. In 1779, his ship met up with Serapis.

4. His ship sank shortly after the battle.

Back 4

John Paul Jones

Front 5

1. British Commander in the south

2. He found out he couldn't control the land he conquered.

3. General Green was forced to retreat from the British, but it forced him to abandoned the Carolina Campaign.

4. It brought support to the war from Southerners.

5. Because the French were sending more troops to help the Patriot Army.

Back 5

General Charles Cornwallis

Front 6

1. It's a hit and run technique used in battle .

2. The strategy to win the war was to hit and run the British.

3. To catch the British off guard.

Back 6

Guerrilla Warfare

Front 7

1. Successful guerrilla leader.

2. Located in the swamps of Southern Carolina.

3. Because he was quick and smart

Back 7

Francis Marion

Front 8

1. Commander of the Continental forces in the South.

2. Split his army into two.

3. He lost but made the British suffer.

Back 8

Nathanael Greene

Front 9

1. French Commander

2. He had aid, which was important to the patriots.

3. Brought French troops.

4. Prepared the Patriots to fight.

Back 9

Comte de Rochambeau

Front 10

1. Located in Virginia.

2. General Cornwallis (British., Lafayette and Degrasse for the Patriots.

3. He was in NY before he moved to York Town.

4. Washington knew to had a chance to trap Cornwallis.

5. The Patriots won.

6. Surrendered to Washington.

Back 10

Battle of York Town

Front 11

1. It means to approve of something. The American Congress ratified the preliminary treaty.

Back 11

Ratified.

Front 12

1. Officially ended the Revolutionary War.

2. British had to withdraw all their troops from American territory. They also agreed to give Americans the right to fish in the waters off the coast of Canada. The US agreed that British merchants could collect debts that Americans owed them.

Back 12

Treaty of Paris