Chapter 6 Section 3

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

• True

• False

• Partially true

• Not enough information

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

• George Rogers Clark

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

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

• True

• False

• Partly true

• Not enough information

Surrendered to John Paul Jones

• HMS Serapis

• USS Bonhomme Richard

• HMS Victory

• HMS Bounty

More Native Americans fought with the British than with the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

• True

• False

• Only a few Native Americans fought

• Most Native Americans remained neutral

The British captured both Savannah, Georgia and Charlestown, South Carolina.

• True

• False

• Only Savannah was captured

• Only Charlestown was captured

worst American defeat of the war

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Fort Sumter

Supplies and reinforcements could not reach the Continental Army because of

• a blockade.

• a lack of soldiers.

• poor weather conditions.

• inadequate training.

privately owned warships

• Corsairs

• Privateers

• Frigates

• Galleons

The hit-and-run technique of fighting, which caught the British off guard, is called

• Guerilla Warfare

• Trench Warfare

• Total War

• Naval Blockade