American Revolution-War in the South

The Northern colonies with there rugged and scrappy fighters proved to be tough to tame.

• Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachuetts

• New York, New Jersey, Pennasylvania, Delaware

• North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Maryland

• None of the above

The British switched strategies and set their sights on the South.

• Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York

• North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Maryland

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut

• None of the Above

The British hoped to find support from the large Loyalist populations living in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

• True

• False

The British planned to free ______________ and enlist them as British Soldiers.

• Native Americans

• Enslaved Africans

• Germans

• All of the Above

With new leadership under General Henry Clinton, the strategy paid off for awhile.

• General Patrick Clinton

• General Hillary Clinton

• General Bill Clinton

• General Henry Clinton

The southern war was particularly brutal than in the northern region.

• True

• False

In the south it was direct combat.

• True

• False

When the battle moved to the south:

-Crops were destroyed

-Farm animals were killed or injured

-A lot of property was destroyed as well

• True

• False

British Officer Banastre Tarleton sowed or spread fear throughout the South by refusing to take prisoners and killing soldiers who tried to surrender.

• General Clinton

• Banastre Tarleton

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

_________ the last colony to join the Revolution and the first to fall to the British.

• Virignia

• Georgia

• North Carolina

• South Carolina