The American Revolution Lesson 3-4

More Native Americans fought on the side of the British than with the Americans during the American Revolution.

• True

• False

The 13 American warships that the Continental Congress ordered to be built made the American navy a powerful and effective force.

• True

• False

The British decided to concentrate their efforts in the South partly because the South had many Loyalists.

• True

• False

The British captured both Savannah, Georgia, and Charles Town, South Carolina.

• True

• False

After realizing that he could not control North Carolina, Cornwallis retreated to Georgia.

• True

• False

Who led the Patriots' victory at Vincennes, which strengthened the American position in the West?

• Henry Hamilton

• George Washington

• Joseph Brant

• George Rogers Clark

Supplies and reinforcements could not reach American harbors because of

• a blockade

• British spies

• lack of money

• Native Americans

In March 1781, Nathanael Greene's forces met Charles Cornwallis's army at

• Charles Town

• Guilford Courthouse

• King's Mountain

• Savannah

A merchant ship that is privately owned and armed with weapons is called a

• coastal warship

• garrison

• merchant warship

• privateer

The 'Swamp Fox,' known for his imaginative war tactics, was

• Benedict Arnold

• George Rogers Clark

• George Washington

• Francis Marion