South Carolina
In the Revolutionary War
By Henry

INTRODUCTION

• The British over taxed the colonists after the French and Indian war
• The colonists did not like this and protested and had boycotts
• The called it "Taxation without Representation"
• The colonists were infuriated with it and wanted to sever ties with the British
• Lots of battles were fought in the south because of the large amount of loyalist
• The revolutions battles in South Carolina took place in 1775-1782

BATTLES IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

• In the battle of Camden the men were weak because they traveled through a swamp
• Locals advised general Horatio Gates to take the troops through rich farmlands, but he denied the advise and had a crushing defeat
• The British troops surrounded the town on land while ships fired at the town from sea
• Charles town was important because it was a major port

GUERRILLA WARFARE

• Guerrilla warfare is a hit and run tactic
• It frustrated the British because they used the land to their advantage
• Francis Marion used this strategy which gave him the name "swamp fox" for his vast knowledge of the land around him
• Militia troops used this strategy against the British
• Thomas Sumter "Gamecock" was a partisan fighter who used guerrilla warfare

MORE BATTLES IN SOUTH CAROLINA

• The battle of kings mountain was a fight of only loyalists and patriots
• The continental army mistook a retreat order in the fight, so when the British charged the patriots turned and shot at point blank
• In the battle of Guilfords Courthouse the British lost a significant amount of troops in the fight.
• After the battle general Cornwallis quit his campaign for South Carolina and that led to Yorktown, one of the last battles in the war
• Patrick Ferguson led the loyalists in Kings mountain
• Andrew Pickens played a important role in the Battle of Cowpens

SUMMARY

• In the war the British stopped their campaign for the middle colonies to move to the south
• Many large battles led to significant battles such as York town
• Because there was a high population of loyalists is one reason that a lot of the fighting took place
• The southern campaign left a deep wound in the number of British troops
• It also promoted people like Nathanael Greene to command the patriots in the south