Lesson 6.3: Battlegrounds Shift
1. Fighting in the West
 ______________ Native Americans helped the Patriots. ______________ sided with
the British. Why?
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 ____________ of the Appalachian Mountains, the ______________ and their Native
American allies raided ___________________________ settlements.
 Farther West, __________________________, British commander at Detroit, paid
Native Americans for settlers’ ________________. This practice earned him the name
the __________________________.
 Virginia militia leader __________________________________ set out to end
attacks in the West. He led a force of 175 westward down the __________ River and
over land.
 The Patriots captured a British post at ______________________. They then took the
British town of ___________________________.
 Clark’s victory strengthened the ___________________ position in the __________.
2. The War at Sea
 At sea, __________________________ navy enjoyed a major advantage.
 British vessels formed an effective ______________________, keeping ships from
____________________ or _________________ American harbors.
 What did the blockade limit?
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 To break the blockade, __________________ ordered _____ warships, but only two
made it to sea. What happened to the others?
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 Congress also authorized _____________ ships to sail as ______________________.
 What is the goal of the privateer?
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 During the war, who captured more ships – the American Navy of the privateers?
______________________________.
 What were the famous words spoken by naval officer John Paul Jones when he was
fighting the British?
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3. Fighting in the South
 In the early years of the war, the ___________________ had won several battles in
the _____________. They saved the key port of _______________________, South
Carolina from the British.
 By 1778 the British came up with a new plan to _____________________________.
 The new British plan focused on the ___________________ where there were many
________________________. At first their strategy worked.
 In late 1778, British general ___________________________ sent 3,500 troops from
__________________ to take __________________, Georgia. The British occupied
the coastal city and __________________ most of the state.
 In May of 1780, he led a second British attack on _______________________. What
was significant about this defeat for the Americans?
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 In August 1780 the British army led by _______________________ and the
Americans led by ____________________________ met at Camden, South Carolina.
What did Cornwallis find out?
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 He and his troops faced a new kind of warfare. What was it called?
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 What did one British colonel grumble about Francis Marion (the “Swamp Fox”)?
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 The Spanish governor of Louisiana, ______________________________, had tons of
supplies shipped up the _______________________ River to ___________________
troops in the ____________________________.
 After their victory at __________________, South Carolina, the British moved
northward through the ______________________.
 Along the way, what did the British warn the local people?
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 What did this cause the fiercely independent mountain people to do?
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 At __________________________, the American militia force killed or captured a
British-led Loyalist force of about _________________.
 What did this Patriot victory bring from Southerners?
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 What did Nathanael Green do with his army rather than lead one attack on Cornwallis’
forces in the South? ____________________________________________________.
 What did this cause General Cornwallis to give up?
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 Cornwallis realized the British had to act _____________ to win the war.
 In April 1781, ________________ marched north to _________________. He took
shelter at ______________________, on the Virginia coast.
 The battle for the ______________ was entering its ______________ phase!