war in the south/path to victory
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War in the South/Path to Victory. Fighting in the West. West of Apps, NA’s attack Americans with guns given by the British George Rogers Clark- attacks forts in Indiana/Illinois on way to Miss. River Weakens the British in the west/on Miss. River. Struggles in the South. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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War in the South/Path to Victory
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Fighting in the West• West of Apps, NA’s attack Americans
with guns given by the British• George Rogers Clark- attacks forts in
Indiana/Illinois on way to Miss. River• Weakens the British in the west/on
Miss. River
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Struggles in the South• Americans win early battles
in the south • Moore’s Creek Bridge (NC) –
saves Charleston the 1st time
• British focus on south for 2 reasons:
• 1. More loyalists• 2.Get slaves to help them—
freedom• British take Charleston in
the worst defeat of the war
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• Gen. Charles Cornwallis takes over British forces in South
• American Gen. Gates attacks and loses to Cornwallis at Camden (SC)– we had dysentery, fewer men then thought, no bayonets
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• British win most of the big battles but can’t hold countryside
• Guerrilla warfare all over south
• Francis Marion- know as the “Swamp Fox”
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NC Fighting• Militia defeat
Loyalists at battle of King’s Mountain near Charlotte– sharp shooters surround mountain, loyalists executed
• Gen. Nathaniel Greene takes over US forces in the south
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• Battle of Guilford Courthouse– won by British, Cornwallis fires cannons on own men, lose many troops and have retreat to coast for supplies
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Victory at Yorktown
• US spirits low– Benedict Arnold betrays us, felt didn’t get enough credit and was in debt– British offer $ to switch sides
• Cornwallis backed up at Yorktown, VA
• French troops under Gen. Rochambeau arrive but get trapped up north
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• Washington & troops keeping eye on rest of British in NYC
• 2nd French fleet on its way to Yorktown- Admiral De Grasse
• Wash and Roch sneak away, head to Yorktown
• Greene from Carolina (see map you drew)
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British Surrender• British surrounded at Yorktown, siege–
trap army & wait them out• British troops die of disease, starvation,
constant artillery bombing• Cornwallis surrenders, end of the war
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Treaty of Paris II• British decide we’re not
worth it• J. Adams, John Jay, and B.
Franklin negotiate peace treaty
• British will:– Recognize US as a nation– Remove troops from
western US– Give us rights to fish off of
Canada
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• Americans will:– Pay back British merchants their
debts– Give back loyalist property
• Washington retires and goes home to Mount Vernon to live quietly
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Why We Won
• British depended on support from sea• British couldn’t control countryside• Americans used hit and run/ ambush
attacks• Other nations helped• Washington an incredible leader