1. Students will be able to explain the roles
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Students will be able to explain the roles
played by significant individuals during the
American Revolution.

2. “The War Moves West and South”
The Western Frontier– The British allied
with Native Americans and raided
American settlements in southwest NY and
northern Pennsylvania. A Virginia militia-
leader, George Rogers Clark, set out to end
Native American raids on American settle-
ments. His victory at Vincennes (today’s
Indiana) strengthened the American
position in the west.

3. The British change their strategy: The
Carolina Campaign 1778
The British plan consists of attacking the
Southern colonies using the British navy to
blockade southern ports and use the Tory/
Loyalist support in the South to defeat
Patriot forces.
May 1780– General Henry Clinton, leader
of British forces in America after Gen. Howe resigned, attacked and defeated
Patriot forces in Charlestown, S.C.

4. This was the worst American defeat of the
war. After the victory in Charlestown Gen.
Clinton went back to NY. He left British
General Charles Cornwallis in command of
British forces in the South.
August 1780– The Battle of Camden, S.C.=
At this battle the hero of Saratoga, Gen.
Horatio Gates, is defeated by British Gen.
Cornwallis. Gates ends up fleeing the
battlefield and outrunning his army. He
didn’t stop (except to eat and sleep) until

5. he reached Hillsboro, NC. This battle
proved to be near fatal to southern
Patriots.
Initially, the Carolina campaign seemed
to be successful…

6. Guerrilla Warfare= Hit and Run Strikes…
A major flaw of the Carolina Campaign was the British overestimation of Tory/
Loyalist support in the South. The British
were met, not by numerous Tory supporters, but by Patriot militia men such as Francis Marion of S.C. Nicknamed
the “Swamp Fox” Marion would lead surprise hit and run raids from behind
trees, rocks, and barns before escaping
into the South Carolina swamps.

7. This “guerrilla warfare” kept British Gen.
Cornwallis from being able to advance
through the Carolinas toward NY.

8. General Charles Cornwallis Commander of British Forces in the south.
FRANCIS MARION
General Charles Cornwallis
Commander of British
Forces in the south.