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Title: The%20American%20Revolution%20In%20The%20South%20by%20Dave%20Booz

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The American Revolution In The SouthbyDave Booz
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The British decide to conquer the South

Benjamin Lincoln

The Americans, led by General Benjamin Lincoln,
held Savannah and Charleston but the British
thought that most of the population would be on
the Kings side.
Savannah fell quickly to the British at the end
of 1778.
The Americans, with French help, tried to
re-capture the city.

3
The Charleston Campaign
4
British Leaders in the South

Lord Charles Cornwallis

Colonel Banastre Tarleton

5
The Swamp Fox

Francis Marion

6
Gates and de Kalb

Horatio Gates

Baron Johan de Kalb

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Battle of Camden, August 1780

Gates had moved his men through barren land and
he placed too much hope on his militia.
The British routed the American militia within
minutes and the Maryland and Delaware
Continentals fought to the finish.
Gates, on his race horse, ran off when the
militia broke and did not stop until he got tot
Charlotte, N.C.
De Kalb stood and died with his men.

8
Hessians These troops continued to fight for
the King of England
9
The Southern Campaigns in 1780
10
Morgan and Greene

Daniel Morgan

Nathanael Greene

11
The Southern Campaign in 1781
12
The Continentals from Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia outfought the British regulars
13
Tarletons force was destroyed

The Americans lost 12 killed and 124 wounded the
British lost 110 killed, 229 wounded and 900
prisoners, plus 2 cannons. Tarleton did manage to
escape.
Another wing of the British force in the South
was destroyed.
Morgans use of the militia was brilliant.
American morale soared and many Tories switched
sides.

14
Washington moves to Virginia

Cornwallis had moved into Virginia after the
battle at Guilford Court House and established a
base at Yorktown.
During the summer of 1781 the British raided into
Virginia and hoped that they would receive large
reinforcements.
Washington had sent the Marquis de Lafayette and
Baron von Steuben to watch Cornwallis and try to
stop him.
With the help of the French Washington moves south

15
The Siege of Yorktown

The French navy, under Admiral Comte de Grasse,
beat the British under Admiral Graves at the
Battle of the Chesapeake and the British were
trapped in Yorktown.
The Americans and French cooperated wonderfully
and laid siege to the British. The cannons fired
day and night and the Allies dug trenches to get
closer to the British forts.
The Allies captured several British forts and
made it impossible for the British to get any
rest.

16
Yorktown
17
Washington and Rochambeau formed a great team
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The British Surrender at Yorktown
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Results of Yorktown

The Allies lost 72 killed and 180 wounded.
The British lost 309 killed, 326 wounded, and
8,087 prisoners another army was captured by
the Rebels.
British public opinion was very much against
continuing this war.
The British had now lost almost all of their
conquests except New York.
British diplomats agree to meet the Americans and
French to conclude a peace treaty. This treaty
will be the Treaty of Paris of 1783 in which the
British recognize the independence of the United
States of America.

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Summary of the War in the South

The British were very successful at first but
they could not control all of the land and
American forces survived disasters to fight
another day.
The Americans finally found the right leaders and
gained local support they did not win all of the
big battles but they always managed to inflict
heavy loses on the British after Kings Mountain.
The British lost the support of the local
populations in the South and also lost the
support of the people at home so that the war
became very unpopular in Britain. This led to the
end of the war.