1. American Revolution
War in the South

2. British victories in the South
Late 1778
British victories in the South
Charleston, SC – Savannah, GA – Augusta, GA – Camden, SC
Captures 5,000 Colonial soldiers
A lot of British sympathy in the South.
1780, things began to change when Spain began to attack British ships in the Gulf of Mexico
Mobile, AL – Pensacola, FL

3. Battle of Kings Mountain
Civil War between Loyalists and Patriot militias
Oct. 1780: Patriots crushed Loyalist militia and executed many of the officers.
Loyalists switched sides

4. Battle of Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse
Continental Army being led by Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan
Patriots defeated the British Cavalry and had Gen. Cornwallis (B) on the run
Guilford Courthouse
Pushing Cornwallis further north
Without the aide and usefulness of the cavalry, heads north to Virginia

5. Battle of Yorktown
Washington “allows” his orders to be captured by the British
The fake orders claimed Washington was heading north
British took the bait
Waiting on them were the French led by The Marquis de La Fayette
French navy blocks the Chesapeake bay and traps Cornwallis on the Peninsula of Yorktown
British surrender its 8,000 troops and ends the war.

7. Treaty of Paris 1783 British recognize the US as an independent Nation
British allowed to keep Canada
All British evacuate the US and take supporters with them
US border Miss. River, North Florida, and southern Canadian Border.