The Path to Victory

1. The Path to Victory Seeking Loyalist Support, The British Invaded the South—But ultimately lost the war there

2. Key Terms: Guerillas Pacifist Battle of Yorktown Key People: Lord Cornwallis Key Vocabulary and Key People

3. Southern Home Cooking • The British Turned to the south to gain support from the loyalists in hopes of winning the war • The British also Gained support of the Slaves who wanted their freedom • They also wanted easier transportation between the West Indies and the South • Great Britain, led by Henry Clinton would capture Georgia, South Carolina, and Charlestown, defeating the 5000 troop southern army

4. The Fabulous Mr. Fox • Horatio gates and Baron de Kalb led a new Southern Army to South Carolina to fight General Lord Cornwallis • The Patriots used the help of a group of South Carolina Patriots to Gather information about the land • They would also be used to destroy British Communication Ships.

5. Magilla Gurrilla** • Gates and his troops would encounter the British at Camden and retreat, leading to de Kalb’s Death and the end of Gates as a leader • The Defeat at Camden also sent Morale to new low • Francis Marion would capture British troops transporting American Prisoners and cut off the British Supply Line to Charlestown • Marion would use Guerilla Raids to weaken the British Army with surprise attacks and vicious raids

6. Slaughterhouse Five • During the Battle of Kings Mountain American Soldiers Slaughtered the Loyalist Armies and Hung the Survivors • Nathanial Greene Became the new general in the south and the former Quaker left his Pacifist Ways to help defeat the British • Greene would Avoid BIG battles and defeat the British by tiring them out and then fighting them • As the War neared six years, some British began to think about granting America their Independence

7. The Beginning of the End • General Cornwallis set up his military base in Virginia at Chesapeake Bay • Washington had the French Navy Blockade Chesapeake Bay to prevent supplies from reaching Yorktown • Unable to escape, Washington would send troops from the north to Trap Cornwallis on the Peninsula • With the help of French General Jean Rochambeau, Washington's Plan Worked

8. The End of the Beginning of the End • As British supply ships tried to reach the colonies they were held off by French troops • The British would be bombarded by French and American Troops at the Battle of Yorktown and would surrender on October 19th 1781 • After the British Loss Lord North and his Generals would resign and the New Leaders would write a Peace treaty to end the war

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