ch. 4 /sect.3 and ch.4/ section 4
John Paul Jones
War in the west
War at sea
He created an army of different groups in the area.
He only had 150 men and he made it look like there were a lot more people than 150.
George Rogers Clark knew the west well and lead the Western campaign.
Established a Navy
They took out British suppy forts.
He called himself the pirate of the sea.
He was once an outlaw
Brutal fighting
A failed attack
Guerrillal warfare
The Americans built 8 war ships
He added Jones to his name after he came to america
The south was way worse than the north.
General Nathaneal Greene was discouraged by the sight he saw.
The attack was was poorly carried out and it was hot, most were tired, and they were hungry, so they panicked and ran.
When the Patriots tried to fight the british, they fell apart quickly and only 700 troops remained.
The Patriots handed over 4 ships and about 5,400 prisoners of war.
Georgia was the last colony to join the patriot side and the first to fall to the british.
Francis Marion was known as the Swamp Fox.
A really mad general claimed that not ever the devil could catch him.
guerrilla soldiers used surprise attacks to mess-up British communications and supply range of commercial goods