1. Chapter 6: The American Revolution Lesson 3: Battlegrounds Shift

2. Fighting in the West

3. As the war was fought in the West, the Native Americans often sided with the British.
They felt the Americans would take more land than the British.

4. Chief Joseph Brant led the Mohawk tribe against the Americans during the war.
“The Earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.”
Chief Joseph Brant

5. Henry Hamilton
General Henry Hamilton, a British commander, is said to have paid Natives to attack and scalp Americans.

6. British attacks on western settlers.
George Rogers Clark
set out to end
British attacks on western settlers.
George and his troops seized the posts at Kaskaskia and the town of Vincennes.
George Rogers Clark

7. The War at Sea

8. During the war, the British Navy used its strength to blockade the American ports. This began to strangle the colonies.

9. Congress ordered 13 ships to be built to fight the British blockade, but only two made it to sea!
So, the colonists relied on privateers to help fight the British. Congress authorized 2,000 private ships to help the colonies.

10. In 1777, American officer John Paul Jones made a daring attack on a British ship.
His Bonhomme Richard fought the British ship Serapis, eventually winning the battle. The Bonhomme Richard was sinking when the British Captain asked Jones if he would like to surrender. Jones stated, “I have not yet begun to fight.” Against all odds, Jones rallies and defeats the Serapis. Although, he did lose his ship – it sank!
John Paul Jones

11. Fighting in the South

12. The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
The Americans had won some battles in the south, but the British Army was determined to use the large amount of loyalist support in the south to help them.
The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge

13. In 1780, British General Charles Cornwallis, who had replaced General Henry Clinton, faced American General Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden. Cornwallis won, but he realized he was in for a huge fight.
Charles Cornwallis
Horatio Gates

14. In the South, the use of guerilla warfare, devastated the British troops.
Francis Marion
Francis Marion, the Swampfox, was one of the most successful guerilla leaders.

15. In Louisiana, Bernardo de Galvez had been helping America with money.
He opened the port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River for the Americans.
Eventually he attacked Pensacola and seized it.

16. In 1781, General Cornwallis moved
Charles Cornwallis
Henry Clinton
In 1781, General Cornwallis moved
to Yorktown, in Virginia, to wait for instructions from General Clinton.