Battle of Saratoga and Kettle Creek

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Battle of Saratoga and Kettle Creek

Battle of Saratoga Sept. 19, 1777 Saratoga, NY Britain wants to separate New England from the other colonies Wanted to control New York This way they could cut off communications and supplies to New England

Battle of Saratoga The plan was to go to Albany, NY BUT the British soldiers never reached Albany because of the battles they had to fight along the way

Battle of Saratoga The Continental Army surrounds General Burgoyne’s army (British) The British General and his army COULD NOT break through the lines It was really 2 battles

Battle of Saratoga They took place over 2 weeks During the 2nd battle, General Benedict Arnold (Continental) led a daring attack October 17, the British surrendered (The Patriots won!)

Battle of Saratoga Controlling NY was important because of the seaport This was a TURNING point in the war – Americans MIGHT win the war

Battles in the South Savannah was Britain’s first target (Nov. 25, 1778) Charles Town (Charleston) was taken over by the British in 1780 1781 – Benedict Arnold now leads British troops. He didn’t think he was being treated fair by the Continental Army so he went to fight for the other side He committed treason

Battles in the South General Nathan Greene General Daniel Morgan Led the Continental Army in the South General Daniel Morgan led the Americans to victory in South Carolina in Jan 1781 The Battle of Cowpens proved that the Americans could win in the south

Battle of Kettle Creek Took place near Tyrone in Wilkes County Kettle Creek flows into the Little River Several events happened along the banks of Kettle Creek This is the general area

Battle of Kettle Creek Sunday, Feb. 14, 1779 600 British supporters were encamped on top of a hill in the bend of the creek It was a defensive position because they could see what was around them

Battle of Kettle Creek James Boyd (British) had traveled with the British invasion from New York His job was to recruit southerners for the British military The were chased by a small group of rebel militiamen, but nothing happened until……

Battle of Kettle Creek 340 SC and GA militiamen Colonels Andrew Pickens, John Dooley and Elijah Clark led the attack for the Patriots They attacked Boyd’s camp at Kettle Creek 200 attacked the loyalist troops on the rocky hill on the creek

Battle of Kettle Creek 150 Loyalists troops were taken prisoner Kettle Creek provided the Colonists with a victory in the Southern colonies This kept the British from controlling all of Georgia

Biblography Slide 1 – Washington and his Generals http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006691571/ Slide 6 George Washington http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004666689/ Slide 5 – A real American rifle man http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004670040/ Slice 4 Fort Anne Creek Gen. Burgoyne’s army advancing http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3a45742/ Slice 7 – Infantry Contential Army http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/92515475/ Slice 7 – View of Charles Town, SC http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/pga.02794/