American Revolution Battlegrounds Shift

A privately owned shop that government permission during wartime to attack an enemy's merchant ships

• privateer

• aid

• blockade

• merchant marine

The British commander at Detroit. He was nicknamed the "hair-buyer" because he paid Native Americans for the scalps of American settlers

• Harry Styles

• George Rogers Clark

• Harry Hamilton

• Charles Cornwallis

Replace General Howe as Commander in Chief of the British army after the Battle of Saratoga. He won huge victories in Georgia, and at Charles Town, which was the worst defeat of the war for the Americans.

• Gen. William Howe

• General Charles Cornwallis

• Gen. Harry Hamilton

• Gen. Henry Clinton

High ranking American soldier who won important victories in the Western campaign at Kaskaskia and Vincennes. He was called the "Washington of the West"

• George Rogers Clark

• Troy Aikman

• Francis Marion

• John Paul Jones

British town in present day Indiana. Captured by George Rogers Clark, taken back by British leader Harry Hamilton, then recaptured by Clark.

• Charles Town

• Nashville

• Boston

• Vincennes

American Naval officer famed for his bravery. His most famous victory was the defeat of the British warship "Serapis". "I have not yet begun to fight"

• Charles Cornwallis

• John Paul Jones

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• George Rogers Clark

To cut off an area by means of troops or warships

• privateer

• blockade

• Esurance

• aid

The worst defeat of the war for the Americans was the Battle of ....

• Long Island

• Savannah

• Charles Town

• Saratoga

British General placed in charge of British forces in the South by Henry Clinton after Charles Town.

• Henry Clinton

• Charles Cornwallis

• Bernardo de Galvez

• William Howe

South Carolina militia leader known as the Swamp Fox. He was known for his hit and run tactics on the British.

• Mel Gibson

• Francis Marion

• Francis Morrison

• Nathaniel Greene