1. Path to Victory

2. 1778  British forces moved South Thought that the Southern loyalists would support the British British were failing in the North, too much countryside to control South was close to British colonies in the West Indies ○ British planned to shift troops and supplies back and forth

3. 1780  1778 British General Henry Clinton landed in South Carolina Trapped American forces in Charles Town 5,000 American soldiers surrendered Worst American defeat of the war  In retaliation, General Gates formed a new army in the south Headed to Camden, SC to challenge the British General Lord Cornwallis

4. Francis Marion  Known as the ‘Swamp Fox’  Met up with Gates on his way to Camden  Gates was forced to retreat as his forces were unprepared for the British  Francis Marion hears about the defeat and frees American prisoners and returns them to Gates

5. Francis Marion cont’d  Francis Marion used ‘guerilla warfare’ in the South Carolina swamplands Guerilla Warfare: Small band of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit and run attacks

6. Southbound  Many battles were taking place in the Southern United States Vicious fighting 1780, Battle of King’s Mountain ○ 1,000 Loyalists killed by the Americans in retaliation for British & Loyalist massacres on Patriots