1. What we did Yesterday??  This battle signified that almost all of South Carolina was controlled by the British.  This Battle was the turning point of the American Revolution?  The fort on Sullivan’s Island was named after this person?  What does bicameral legislature mean? How did South Carolina use it for there New Constitution?  This guy was known as the Fighting Quaker?  The British created _______ around Charleston Harbor to cut off supply lines.

2. What we did Yesterday?  How long was South Carolina’s First Constitution suppose to last?  Another name for a “Loyalist” would be?  What was the battle that is considered the turning point in re-capturing South Carolina?  What was the last major battle in South Carolina?  Who is the leader of the British Army?  What battle is considered the Turning point of the American Revolution in the South?

5. Battle of Saratoga  Turning point in the American Revolution  Led to an alliance with France  British turned their attention to South Carolina in hopes of finding Loyalists

6. The First Battle for Charleston  In June 1776, British General Henry Clinton and his troops set sail from Boston with a large naval force to attack Charleston. Three ships on the Southwest side Nine ships were to fire at the fort from the sea side British troops were to walk across from Long Island and attack the fort.  First attempt by the British to capture Charleston had been thwarted by the tides and the resilience of the palmetto log fort (Fort Moultrie). Named this because General William Moultrie who commanded the South Carolina Militia. The South Carolina state flag came from the battle of Fort Moultrie

8. The Second Battle for Charleston  The British created a Blockade around Charleston Harbor to cut off supply lines.  In May 1781, South Carolina Patriot troops trapped on the peninsula were forced to surrender.  The British hoped that South Carolina Loyalists and the large number of Carolinians who remained neutral would help them control the state and contribute to their winning the war.  Other patriot forces in South Carolina were forced to surrender and were later paroled.  The British soon required Patriots on parole to take up arms against their countrymen.

9. Battle for Charleston  The British and their Loyalist forces treated South Carolina harshly. Burned churches Looted and confiscated homes Harassed and exiled citizens  Patriot partisans were fighting both British regular troops and loyalist forces using hit and run tactics all over the state. Francis Marion Thomas Sumter Andrew Pickens William Harden  Reported a total of 5,283 captured, including three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton and Thomas Heyward, Jr.  Charleston remained under British control until they evacuated it in 1782 due to the imminent Treaty of Paris.

10. Battle of Camden  A major defeat for the Continental Army.  Signified that almost all of South Carolina was controlled by the British.  General Nathaniel Greene worked with the states partisans to fight a “Mobile War” Nathaniel Greene is also known as the “Fighting Quaker” Emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington’s most gifted and dependable officer.  In May 1780, British troops under the command of Colonel Tarleton slaughtered a regiment of Virginians in present-day Lancaster county Earned the nickname “Bloody” Tarleton Helped convince some neutral South Carolinians to join the Patriots. Gave the Americans an emotional appeal they used in battle.

12. Battle of Kings Mountain  South Carolina militiamen used “Guerrilla Warfare” to fight the British A tactic in which small groups of soldiers harass or launch surprise attacks on the enemy and then disappear. The raids by Marion’s and Sumter’s men kept American morale up and frustrated the British.  Francis Marion Also known as the “Swamp Fox” Marion’s troops would attack the rear of a British patrol or army, kill or wound several soldiers, then disappear into the swamps.  Thomas Sumter Also, known as the “Gamecock” The British burned down his home so he responded by rallying a militia and fighting back. Received the name during the American Revolution for his fierce fighting tactics. A British General commented that Sumter "fought like a gamecock" Cornwallis paid him the finest tribute when he described the Gamecock as his greatest plague.

13. Continue  Mountain Men from both North and South Carolina battled British/Tories. Attacked them because of their treatment of people in the backcountry. Fought the Tory forces from behind rocks and trees and inflicted heavy casualties on them.  King’s Mountain is considered a turning point of the American Revolution in the South.  It was the beginning of the end for the British in America and led to them retreating from the interior of the state.

15. Battle of Cowpens  It was a turning point in the re-conquest of South Carolina from the British.  Showed a cooperation of the Continental Army and the Militia.  Partisans led an attack and then fled to the field. British forces followed and ran into the guns of the American Army. The British were soundly defeated. The first time in the Revolution, an American army defeated a force of mostly British regulars.  Cornwallis and the British retreated into North Carolina to fight and wait for supplies Moved toward Virginia leaving the remainder of their forces posted in South Carolina to be evacuated.

17. Battle of Eutaw Springs  The last major engagement in South Carolina between the Americans and British.  Major General Nathaniel Greene began a campaign to end British control over the South Carolina backcountry.  Commanded by General Nathaniel Greene who wished to prevent Col. Stewart from joining General Lord Cornwallis in the event of that leader’s retreat south from Yorktown. About 2,000 American troops, many ill-clad and barefoot, were slightly outnumbered.

18. Eutaw Springs  Greene stopped the British and soon began a counterattack which drove the British back. Greene's men preoccupied with looting, British Commander shifted his men to a brick mansion just beyond the British camp for protection. Rallying the British troops around the structure, Stewart counterattacked and with Greene’s forces disorganized, Greene was compelled to organize his rear guard and retreat  Stewart withdrew his forces to Charleston, where they remained until the end of the war.  Though he had won a tactical victory, Stewart's decision to withdraw to the safety of Charleston proved a strategic victory for Greene.

21. Treaty of Paris  The Continental Congress appointed John Adams, John Jay, and Ben Franklin as American peace negotiators. Representatives from France and Spain attended the talks.  Wanted a treaty that would recognize the independence of the United States. Establish its western boundary at the Mississippi River  The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783. British recognized the United States as independent. The western boundary of the United States was the Mississippi River, down to 31 degrees North latitude. The Spanish took control of the territory south of that line which included Florida. Americans received the rights to fish off Canada.

23. South Carolina’s Second Constitution  Adopted on March 19, 1778  South Carolina operated under this new constitution for twelve years  1776 constitution and 1778 constitution were almost the same. The “President” would now be called Governor. John Rutledge was the first governor elected under the new constitution. Representation in the lower house was shared more equally between the Low Country and the Up Country. The Constitution guaranteed “The Right to Free Press”

24. Video Clips  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VT 0c0mymc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VT 0c0mymc&feature=related  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txeNC -zG34w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txeNC -zG34w  Go to Discover education  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PwtT KSU9AU&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PwtT KSU9AU&feature=relmfu  The Patriot battle at Camden

25. Washington- "these are the times that try men's souls" http://www.columbiacvb.com/includes/even ts/index.cfm?action=displayDetail&eventid =11278