8.4 Independence for America 5/6

An American seaman from Scotland who became one of the first officers of our navy:

• Nathanael Greene

• George Rogers Clark

• Lord Cornwallis

• John Paul Jones

Battle that prevented the British from capturing New York and proved to the world that America could win the War. The turning point of American War for Independence:

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Bohomme Richard

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Yorktown

Document signed by England giving up the American colonies and making them officially free and independent:

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of France

• Treaty of Yorktown

• Treaty of Paris

Leader of the American army in the south who defeated General Cornwallis:

• George Rogers Clark

• John Paul Jones

• Nathanael Greene

• George Washington

Leader of the British armies in the south:

• Lord Cornwallis

• Nathanael Greene

• George Washington

• George Roger Clark

Part of the new land west of the 13 colonies that America gained after the Treaty of Paris:

• Yorktown

• Louisianna Territory

• Missouri Territory

• Northwest Territory

Washington's victory that led to the surrender of the British army

• Valley Forge

• Battle of Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Treaty of Paris

Where Washington's army spent the winter and faced hunger and inadequate supplies

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

• Boston

• Northwest Territory

With his men, who captured several British forts on the Ohio River, securing American control of the North west Frontier?

• George Roger Clark

• George Washington

• John Paul Jones

• Nathanael Greene

What was John Paul Jones's famous quote?

• My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country

• I have not yet begun to fight

• Give me liberty or give me death

• I'll be back...