What Was the British Strategy After 1778

question 22

Multiple Choice

What was the British strategy after 1778?

• A) It wanted to subdue New England by severing it from the other colonies, invading it from Quebec, and blockading it from the sea.
• B) It wanted to capitalize on their relations with Native Americans in order to stabilize the backcountry and then press eastward toward the seacoast.
• C) It wanted to seize key southern ports, enlist the aid of loyalist militiamen, and move northward to pacify one region after another.
• D) It wanted to hang on until the Americans were worn down, out of supplies, and bankrupt.
• E) It wanted to blockade the Atlantic coastline of America and starve the colonists into submission.

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