| A | B |
|---|
| blockade | Britain used their powerful warships to block waterways and prevent Patriots from moving resources. (179) |
| privateers | Because they lacked a strong navy, America used over 2,000 of these privately-owned ships to fight the British at sea. (179) |
| guerrilla warfare | American soldiers used these hit-and-run tactics relentlessly in the South to weaken British armies. (180) |
| Bernardo de Galvez | The governor of the Spanish territory of Louisiana who provided military and financial support to America. (180-181) |
| Francis Marion | This "Swamp Fox" led small bands of South Carolina militia men on guerrilla attacks to weaken British armies in the South. (180) |
| George Rogers Clark | He led the Virginia militia in capturing British military bases to strengthen America's position in the West. (178) |
| John Paul Jones | This naval officer led his crew in capturing the British warship, Serapis, in 1779. (179) |
| Charles Town | After Savannah fell, this city was captured by Britain in 1780. Thousands were taken prisoner in America's worst defeat of the war. (180) |
| Joseph Brant | He led the Mohawk people on brutal attacks of Americans in New York & Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. (178) |
| Kings Mountain | At this South Carolina mountain, Loyalists fought Patriot soldiers in one of several American victories in the South, 1780-1781. (182) |
