Generals and Battles

Question 1

General Daniel Morgan

Answer 1

Battle of Cowpens using his tactics

Question 2

Fighting Cornwallis at Guilford Courthouse

Answer 2

Daniel Morgan and Nathanael Greene combine forces
Americans retreat, but Britain suffers heavy losses

Question 3

Francis Marion

Answer 3

Swamp fox, Guerrilla tactics

Question 4

Spring of 1781 Cornwallis

Answer 4

He planned to conquer Virginia and cut of the Americans’ supply routes to the South

Question 5

Benedict Arnold

Answer 5

Captured and burned Richmond and other cities

Question 6

Victory at Saratoga

Question 7

Captain John Paul Jones

Answer 7

North Sea, capture of the Serapis

Question 8

Nathanael Greene

Answer 8

fought only on land that put the british at a disadvantage

Question 9

Colonel William Prescott

Answer 9

1,200 men
Lost the battle of bunker hill (on breed’s hill actually)

first major battle of the war

Question 10

Seige of Boston

Answer 10

General Howe was driven out, since the Green Mountain Boys brought over the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga.

Placed at Dorchester Heights

Left for Halifax with about 1,000 loyalists