Fighting Palm Trees

Ppl. in Eng. fighting about what to do w/the colonists William Pitt said that ppl. should respect their cause Powerful speaker & friend to Am. Spirit of liberty w/in the colonists Same spirit when the Magna Carta was created King George didn’t like Pitt Lord North was in charge Colonies should be taught a lesson

Fighting Palm Trees How do you think the colonies are taught a lesson?

Fighting Palm Trees Most ppl. agreed w/ Lord North Some said Boston or “nest of hornets” should be destroyed Boston would be hard to destroy Charleston, S. Carolina said easier to destroy Brit. Navy-scare the colonists in SC Armed fleet & 7 regiments of soldiers sent to SC

Fighting Palm Trees Unfinished fort on Sullivan’s Island-Charleston Harbor Palmetto logs Front=finished Sides=½ done Back=open Charles Lee called it a “slaughter pen” & should be abandoned SC Gov. John Rutledge or “Dictator John” wanted to defend it Col. William Moultrie commander of fort & said he could defend it

Fighting Palm Trees I want you to draw your own fort! How would you design it? What materials would you use to make your fort? How would you defend it?

Fighting Palm Trees Brit. ships sailed into Charleston & got stuck on sand bars Unload men, destroy fort, & take Sullivan’s Island Cannon balls were stuck in the sand & palmetto log walls Brit. navy never saw anything like this before Soldiers going onto island-H20 was too deep “Unspeakable mortification” Ships stuck on sand bars/shoals=perfect targets left Charleston harbor-damaged or destroyed Sir Peter Parker (in charge of Brit. Fleet) wrote a poem about this