EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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They forced the British to surrender at Yorktown
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They gave the US claim to land west of the Appalachians
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They convinced France to join us.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historians generally believe that Clark’s successful campaign assured United States possession of the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River in the peace treaty with Great Britain in 1783. The area was formed into the Northwest Territory in 1787.
Detailed explanation-2: -Clark’s success in capturing British forts in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys in 1778 and 1779 allowed the Americans to claim territories that would eventually become the states of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Detailed explanation-3: -He is best known for his captures of Kaskaskia in 1778 and Vincennes in 1779 during the Illinois campaign, which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory and earned Clark the nickname of “Conqueror of the Old Northwest".
Detailed explanation-4: -Clark’s victory had a direct impact on the shape of the American nation. From the territory indirectly secured by actions of Clark’s men later came the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and the eastern portion of Minnesota.
Detailed explanation-5: -Clark’s victory at Vincennes, and control of the western frontier by American forces throughout the remainder of the American Revolution, was critical to the acquisition of the Northwest Territory.