Chapter 6.5

Question 1

How did the Americans begin to win battles in the South?

Answer 1

By capturing King’s mountain and it boosted morale.

Question 2

How did the Americans and French defeat the British at Yorktown?

Answer 2

Cornwallis thought British ships could supply his army from the sea. American and French cut off his supplies and he was trapped.

Question 3

What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 3

British recognized the United States as an independent nation; American agreed to pay loyalists for property lost in the war.

Question 4

Define guerrilla

Answer 4

Hit and run tactics by American to harass the British

Question 5

Define siege

Answer 5

Act of surrounding an enemy position to capture it

Question 6

Define ratify

Answer 6

Approve

Question 7

Define Admiral de Grasse

Answer 7

He led a French fleet to trap Cornwallis

Question 8

Define the Treaty of Paris

Answer 8

Agreement between British and America to end war in 1783.