1. The War Moves West and South
Chapter 6
Section 3

2. Native Americans sided with the British
British seemed less of a threat
Americans pushed westward and threatened the Native American way of life

3. George Rogers Clark
American who set out to end the British attacks on Western settlers
Sails down the Ohio River in an attempt to end British attacks
Clark and his troops are victorious at Vicennes

4. Battle of Vincennes
This victory strengthen the American position in the West

5. Naval Blockades
The British used blockades to prevent supplies and reinforcements (troops) from reaching the Continental Army

6. Privateers
Americans that privately owned merchant ships and equipped them with weapons
They attacked British ships
They captured more British at sea than the American navy did.

7. John Paul Jones Most famous Privateer
Commander of the ship Bonhomme Richard
Said “I have not yet begun to fight.” in response to the British Captain of the Serapis when asked whether he wished to surrender.
Serapis surrenders to John Paul Jones

8. British Strategy Hard-hitting offensive style of fighting
Used in an attempt to finish the war and bring the colonies back into the empire

9. Fighting in the South
General Henry Clinton sends 3,500 British troops to Savannah, Georgia
The British occupy the city and overran most of the state

11. Battle of Charles Town Charleston, South Carolina 1780
Worse American defeat of the war
General Clinton (B) attacks the port of Charles Town

12. General Charles Cornwallis
Takes over Command of the British forces in the South
The armies of General Horatio Gates (A) and Cornwallis (B) meet at Camden, South Carolina in 1781
British win—but could not control the area he conquered

14. Patriots Victories
Kings Mountain, South Carolina
September 1780
Patriots force British and Loyalist to retreat
Victory brought new support for independence

16. Guerrilla Warfare American style of fighting
Hit and run technique of fighting
It caught the British off guard
Very successful style of fighting

17. The Swamp Fox Francis Marion Used guerilla warfare
to win battles in the
south

18. British retreat to Virginia
Charles Cornwallis (B) retreats north back up to Virginia
Sets up camp in Yorktown, on the Virginia coast
Was waiting for supplies from the British navy