Battlegrounds Shift

After realizing that he could not control North Carolina, Cornwallis retreated to Georgia.

• True

• False

The British captured both Savannah, Georgia, and Charles Town, South Carolina.

• True

• False

The 13 American warships that the Continental Congress ordered to be built made the American navy a powerful and effective force.

• True

• False

The British decided to concentrate their efforts in the South partly because the South had many Loyalists.

• True

• False

More Native Americans fought on the side of the British than with the Americans during the American Revolution.

• True

• False

Who led the Patriot's victory at Vincennes, which strengthened the American position in the West?

• Joseph Bryant.

• George Rogers Clark.

• Henry Hamilton.

• George Washington.

The "Swamp Fox," known for his imaginative war tactics, was...

• Benedict Arnold.

• George Rogers Clark.

• Francis Marion.

• George Washington.

In March 1781, Nathanael Greene's forces met Charles Cornwallis's army at...

• Guildford Courthouse.

• Charles Town.

• Savannah.

• Kings Mountain.

Supplies and reinforcements could not reach American harbors because of...

• a blockade.

• British spies.

• merchant warships.

• privateer.

A merchant ship that is privately owned and armed with weapons is called a...

• coastal warship.

• merchant warship.

• garrison.

• privateer.