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Saratoga New York |
Turning point of the war because it led to an alliance with France for the colonists |
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Many loyalist in the back country and upstate |
After Saratoga why did the British turn their attention to South Carolina? |
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swamp fox |
Francis Marion |
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Game cock |
Thomas Sumpter |
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Cowpens |
Andrew Pickens |
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Guerrilla warfare |
used by Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter, and Andrew Pickens |
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Fort Moultrie |
British were at first stopped in Charleston because of this fort mad from palmetto logs. |
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Surrendered |
Later the British besieged Charleston and the patriots _________ |
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loyaltists |
Many _________ in South Carolina changed sides due to the harsh treatment by the British |
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Camden |
In this battle the British defeated the Continental Army, the SC militia fled and Britain gained control of most of SC |
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Kings Mountain |
MT men from NC and SC used guerrilla warfare. Yelled Tarleton's Quarter (kill the wounded). It was a turning point because the British began to retreat from the Upcountry |
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Cowpens (Andrew Pickens and Daniel Morgan) |
This battle was cooperation between the Continental army and the partisan forces. The partisans fled to draw the British over a hill where the continental army was waiting and destroyed. The British left SC |
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Eutaw Springs |
Last major battle in SC. British won but lost so many men it seemed like a loss (Pyrrhic victory). |
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guerrilla warfare |
hiding behind rocks and trees instead of meeting the enemy head on |
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Introduction to Declaration of Independence |
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with Certain unalienable rights that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |