The War Moves West & South

Much of the fighting taking place along the western frontier involved Native Americans. Why did more Native Americans side with the British than with the Patriots in the war?

• The British seemed to present less of a threat than the Americans did.
• They liked British accents better than American accents.
• The British promised to give all of the Colonists’ land back to the Native Americans.
• A Native American prophet had a bad vision showing what would happen if Patriots won.

What Mohawk chief led attacks against the Patriots in southwestern New York and northern Pennsylvania?

• Charles Cornwallis
• John Ross
• Quanah Parker
• Joseph Brant
• Henry Clinton

How did the British use their powerful navy against the Patriots?

• The navy threatened to invade any European country that helped the Americans
• To patrol American waterways, keeping the ships of the Patriots and the ships of their allies from entering or leaving American harbors
• To buy any supplies being sent to the Americans before they could reach the Continental Army
• The navy went up and down the American coast destroying all American cities it could reach with its canons

Starting in 1778, what was the new British strategy for winning the war?

• The British planned to capture Philadelphia, the capital of the United States at the time, thus ending the war.
• To win the war, the British decided to agree to stop taxing the colonists.
• The British decided to bribe members of the Continental Congress to vote to end the war and return to British rule.
• The British concentrated their efforts in the South, where there were many Loyalists. They hoped to use British sea power and the support of the Loyalists to win decisive victories in the Southern states.

In early 1780, what happened when British General Henry Clinton attacked the port of Charles Town, South Carolina?

• The Continental Army put up a tough defense and caused many British casualties. The Americans were finally forced to abandon the city to the British, but without leaving any Continental Soldiers behind.
• The Continental Army successfully defended Charles Town, and in May, the Continental Army led a surprise attack against the British and captured their army and General Clinton himself.
• Charles Town surrendered in May, and the British took thousands of prisoners. It marked the worst American defeat of the war.
• Charles Town surrendered in May, but the Continental Army set the city on fire as the British entered the city which made their victory worthless.

After British General Clinton returned to New York who did he leave in command of the British forces in the South?

• General Benedict Arnold
• General William Howe
• General Horatio Gates
• General John Burgoyne
• General Charles Cornwallis

Who did the Continental Congress send to face the British general from the previous question?

• General Nathanael Greene
• General Anthony Wayne
• General Horatio Gates
• General Henry Knox
• General Alexander Hamilton

What happened when the two armies met at Camden, South Carolina in August 1780?

• Although the Americans won, They soon found that they could not control the area they had defended.
• The Americans defeated the British badly and the British fled to the coast and waited to be picked up by the British navy
• Although the British won, Cornwallis soon soon found that he could not control the area he had conquered.
• The British defeated the Continental Army and the Loyalists helped them keep control the area.

The British fighting in the south was less successful than they hoped it would be. Who did the British receive less help than they expected in Southern states?

• The British received less help than they hoped from the Native Americans in the Southern states.
• The British received less help than they hoped from runaway slaves in the Southern states.
• The British received less help than they hoped from Loyalists in Southern states.
• The British received less help than they hoped from the geese in the Southern states.

As British troops moved through the countryside, small forces of Patriots attacked them using a technique known as guerrilla warfare. Describe guerrilla warfare technique.

• It is European style of warfare. These were battles of large numbers of soldiers on both sides where they would line up against each other and fire until one side ran away.
• It is a technique where soldiers imitate the movement and sounds of gorillas which was designed to frighten the enemy.
• It is a hit-and-run technique and small bands of Patriots appeared suddenly, struck their blows, and then disappeared.
• It was a strategy where the Patriots would gather a huge number of soldiers to run through an enemy camp and destroy it.