Independence Chapter 7- Section 5

War in the West George Rogers Clark- Explored/Mapped the Frontier Plan- Capture small British Forts First target- Kaskaskia Why here- located on the Mississippi/strategic location

War in the West July 4, 1778- Won Kaskaskia Feb., 1779- Won Vincennes

War in the South British strategy- Free slaves so they would fight for the British What two major cities did the British capture: Savannah Charleston

War in the South British destroyed- Patriot property in the South Battle of Camden, SC Patriot General= Gates #’s= 1/2 his normal men Patriots got sick from- molasses/cornmeal

War in the South Patriots lost - Southern Army Guerrilla Warfare- Hit and run tactics Francis Marion- Also known as the Swamp Fox

Traitor Benedict Arnold- One America’s most gifted officers, turned traitor Why did he betray America? He felt the Continental Congress treated him poorly and that Britain would reward him How did this affect troop morale? It lowered it

Yorktown British General= Cornwallis Patriot leader= De Lafayette George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau- Marched from NYC to Yorktown

Yorktown Comte de Grasse- Sailed French Naval fleet into the Chesapeake Battle of Yorktown Lasted - a few weeks Who won - Patriots Oct. 21, 1781- Cornwallis surrenders

Treaty of Paris Patriot Negotiators: - John Adams - Ben Franklin - John Jay - Henry Laurens

Treaty of Paris, 1783 Declared the U.S. as a country Set up U.S. borders