USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The combined forces of the French and American troops prevented a British retreat.

Detailed explanation-2: -Francis Marion-led guerrilla attacks against the British in the South.

Detailed explanation-3: -As 8, 000 American and French soldiers headed to Virginia, the French fleet defeated the British Navy in the Battle of the Capes and seized control of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, preventing British ships from coming to Cornwallis’ rescue.

Detailed explanation-4: -The colonists living in the British North American colonies who rebelled against the authority of the crown were known as patriots, revolutionaries, continentals, colonials, rebels, Yankees, or Whigs.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: One significant reason for the British failure to secure control of the Southern colonies during the American Revolution was the guerilla warfare waged by American colonial rebels such as Francis Marion, “The Swamp Fox."