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1)He was the Mohawk chief. 2)Most of the Native Americans fought on the side of the British because they thought the British seemed less of a threat than the Americans. 3)The Native Americans did most of their fighting west of the Appalachian Mountains. 4)He was trying to tell the King that what he was doing was not fair and he wanted it to change. |
Joseph Brant |
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1)He was a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia. 2)He set out to end the British attacks on western settlers. 3)The importance of him retaking the town on Vincennes a second time was very important because it strengthened the Americans position in War. |
George Rogers Clark |
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1)These are privately owned merchant ships with weapons. 2)The Patriots needed to create these because they were very profitable for trade. They hired these ships because the American Navy was basically nonexistent. 3)There job during war was to capture British ships. Their job was to destroy the British blockade. |
Privateers |
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1)He was a daring American naval officer who raided British ports. 2)The name of his ship was Bonhomme Richard. 3)The British ship he met with was Serapis. 4)Bonhomme Richard won this battle. 5)After this fight, The Bonhomme Richard sunk. |
John Paul Jones |
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1)He was the one who was left in command of British forces in the South after Clinton left. 2)After defeating General Gates, he realized he would not be able to control the area he had conquered. 3)Can not be found General Green was forced to retreat from the British, but it forced General Cornwallis to abandoned the Carolina Campaign. 4)The result of the British losing the Battle was that it brought out new supporters in the South. 5)He realized this because he new more French soldiers were coming to help fight with the Americans. |
General Charles Cornwallis |
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1)This is a type of hit-and-run technique. Small forces of Patriots used guerrilla warfare to catch the British off guard. 2)There strategy was to catch the British off guard in many small attacks. |
Guerrilla Warfare |
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1)He was a successful guerrilla leader who operated out of the swamps of eastern South Carolina. 2)He was located in eastern South Carolina. 3)His nickname was Swamp Fox. 4)He was given this nickname because he was smart and quick. |
Francis Marion |
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1)He was the replacement for Gates as commander of the Continental forces in the South. 2)His plan was to split his army into two parts, then later reunite them. 3)He ended up being successful. |
Nathanael Green |
