Chapter 4 Section 4 Independence.  War in the South  War in the North, wasn’t going as planned for British  Switched to the South where they had more.

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Chapter 4 Section 4 Independence

 War in the South  War in the North, wasn’t going as planned for British  Switched to the South where they had more loyalty  As they moved across the south the British planned to free the slaves  Brutal Fighting  Pitted more and more Americans against each other  Crops and property were destroyed and prisoners weren’t taken by the British  Georgia first to fall  Charleston, SC fell easily the Brits only had 250 casualties out of 14,000 men

Independence  Failed Attack  Most of the attacks by the Patriots failed due to lack of trained men, and lack of supplies including food.  Guerrilla Warfare  Tactic that the Patriots switched to  Gave them advantage since they couldn’t just line up against the Redcoats  Most famous fighter was Francis Marion

Independence  Battle of Yorktown  Early 1781 morale is down, battle aren’t going well, Benedict Arnold betrays the Patriots  Nathanael Green takes over in the South and begins to harass General Cornwallis  Cornwallis moves his troops to Yorktown, VA  Washington, Lafayette block Cornwallis escape with help from Comete De Rochambeau (French)  French Navy takes control of Chesapeake Bay  Cornwallis was under siege  Oct. 19, Cornwallis surrenders to Washington  Last major battle of the Revolutionary War.

Independence

 Treaty of Paris  Took a couple of years to come to a peace agreement  Treaty of Paris 1783  Recognized U.S. as a separate country  Could settle west of the original 13 colonies