Turning Points in the War Answers

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What significant military advantage did the British have over the Americans?

Leadership

Sea power

Air power

Why were Nathanael Greene’s defeats considered to be tactical successes?

He had still won an important victory at the Battle of Saratoga.

He inflicted heavy losses on British forces.

He won a huge victory at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

At Cornwallis’s surrender, the band played a song called “The World Turned Upside Down.” How does the song title reflect the conclusion of the war?

The siege of Yorktown by the American and French forces turned the city upside down.

The defeat of the British was the opposite of what other countries thought would happen.

American forces were expected to win their war for independence.

Which statement is most consistent with what Washington wrote in his letter?

The American people were free of British rule.

The American people were free of French rule.

The American and French people were free of British rule.

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