Ch 4 2nd Half of Revolutionary War

Why was the Battle of Saratoga important?

• It showed the British that they could beat the Patriots if they had the right ammunition.

• It finally convinced the French to send aid to the Americans and become allies.

• It showed the British just how hard the Patriots were willing to fight.

• It was the greatest Patriot victory in the entire American Revolution.

In the western regions of the colonies more Native Americans sides with __________ .

• They were neutral

• the Americans

• Britain

• the French

"I have not yet begun to fight!" - John Paul Jones said this __________.

• as he signd the Declaration of Independence

• when he was captured for being a traitor

• in a naval fight he won against the British

• as he captured fort Saratoga

Congress did not have time or money to build a navy, instead the American colonies authorized _______ to capture enemy merchant ships and cargo.

• Canadians

• privateers

• pirates

• the French

Which two cities did the British captured in the South which marked the worst defeats in the Revolutionary War?

• Savannah and Charleston

• Williamsburg and Savannah

• Jacksonville and Savannah

• Atlanta and Charleston

What tactics did Francis Marion known as the "swamp fox" use to slow British forces in the south?

• foxes to snif out British soldiers

• canoes as a naval force

• hit and run guerilla style war

• uniform lines marching forward

Women to the Revolutionary War doing all of the following EXCEPT?

• organizing boycotts of British goods

• running farms alone

• supplying the troops

• organizing temporary colonial governments

What was Washington's new strategy that led to the critical victory at Yorktown?

• He launched a large navy to capture the city

• he secretly switch to march on Yorktown knowing French troops were on the way, instead of New York

• he marched on New York with French general Rochambeau

• He had Native Americans join his army

General Washington's Continental Army along with French General Rochambeau and la Fayette finally defeat the British in the last battle of the Revolutionary War at ____________.

• Princeton, New Jersey

• Saratoga, New York

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Yorktown, Virginia

This famous British general lost the Battle of Yorktown, a british band played song "The World Turned Upside Down" as the French band played "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

• William Howe

• James Adams

• Charles Cornwallis

• Casimir Pulaski