The Path to Victory Seeking Loyalist Support, The British Invaded the South— But ultimately lost the war there

Key Vocabulary and Key People Key Terms: Guerillas Pacifist Battle of Yorktown Key People : Lord Cornwallis

Southern Home Cooking  The British Turned to the south to gain support from the loyalists in hopes of winning the war  The British also Gained support of the Slaves who wanted their freedom  They also wanted easier transportation between the West Indies and the South  Great Britain, led by Henry Clinton would capture Georgia, South Carolina, and Charlestown, defeating the 5000 troop southern army

The Fabulous Mr. Fox  Horatio gates and Baron de Kalb led a new Southern Army to South Carolina to fight General Lord Cornwallis  The Patriots used the help of a group of South Carolina Patriots to Gather information about the land  They would also be used to destroy British Communication Ships.

Magilla Gurrilla  Gates and his troops would encounter the British at Camden and retreat, leading to de Kalb’s Death and the end of Gates as a leader  The Defeat at Camden also sent Morale to new low  Francis Marion would capture British troops transporting American Prisoners and cut off the British Supply Line to Charlestown  Marion would use Guerilla Raids to weaken the British Army with surprise attacks and vicious raids

Slaughterhouse Five  During the Battle of Kings Mountain American Soldiers Slaughtered the Loyalist Armies and Hung the Survivors  Nathanial Greene Became the new general in the south and the former Quaker left his Pacifist Ways to help defeat the British  Greene would Avoid BIG battles and defeat the British by tiring them out and then fighting them  As the War neared six years, some British began to think about granting America their Independence

The Beginning of the End  General Cornwallis set up his military base in Virginia at Chesapeake Bay  Washington had the French Navy Blockade Chesapeake Bay to prevent supplies from reaching Yorktown  Unable to escape, Washington would send troops from the north to Trap Cornwallis on the Peninsula  With the help of French General Jean Rochambeau, Washington's Plan Worked

The End of the Beginning of the End  As British supply ships tried to reach the colonies they were held off by French troops  The British would be bombarded by French and American Troops at the Battle of Yorktown and would surrender on October 19 th 1781  After the British Loss Lord North and his Generals would resign and the New Leaders would write a Peace treaty to end the war

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