SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN

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SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN
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BRITISH STRATEGY

• BRITISH PLAN TO ATTACK SOUTH AND GET HELP FROM
  LOYALISTS
• BRITISH TAKE SAVANNAH, GA.
• AFTER FAILED ATTEMPT TO TAKE THE PORT BACK,
  AMERICAN SOUTHERN ARMY HEADS TO CHARLES TOWN, S.C.

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• HENRY CLINTON SAILS FROM NEW YORK AND ATTACKS
  CHARLES TOWN
• BENJAMIN LINCOLN SURRENDERS ENTIRE SOUTHERN ARMY

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BATTLES IN THE CAROLINAS

• HORTATIO GATES BECOMES COMMANDER OF SOUTHERN ARMY
• BRITISH COMMANDER TARLETON WAGES CAMPAIGN
  THROUGHOUT SOUTH
• BATTLE OF CAMDEN
• GATES FLEES AND BRITISH WIN

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GUERRILLA WARFARE

• FRANCIS MARION- SWAMP FOX
• USED AMBUSH AND SNEAK ATTACKS ON BRITISH
• CORNWALLIS AND TARLETON CONTINUE IN SOUTH

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KINGS MOUNTAIN

• BATTLE BETWEEN PATRIOTS AND LOYALISTS
• PATRICK FERGUSON- BRITISH COMMANDER
• OVERMOUNTAIN MEN- CAMPBELL, SEVIER, SHELBY
• HUGE VICTORY- CORNWALLIS LOSES LEFT FLANK

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BATTLE OF COWPENS

• NATHANAEL GREENE BECOMES NEW SOUTHERN COMMANDER
• DANIEL MORGAN LEADS RIFLEMEN
• PATRIOTS WIN
• CORNWALLIS WINS BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE
• HE CONTINUES ON TO VIRGINIA

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YORKTOWN

• CORNWALLIS GOES TO PENINSULA IN VIRGINIA BETWEEN
  JAMES AND YORK RIVERS
• WASHINGTON HEADS SOUTH WITH CONTINENTAL ARMY AND
  FRENCH ARMY UNDER ROCHAMBEAU
• FRENCH FLEET UNDER DE GRASSE ARRIVES OFF
  CHESAPEAKE

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• CORNWALLIS IS TRAPPED AND MUST SURRENDER
• OCT. 1781
• CLINTON GOES BACK TO NEW YORK
• WASHINGTON HAS WON REVOLUTION

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TREATY OF PARIS 1783

• NEGOTIATED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN ADAMS, AND
  JOHN JAY
• GREAT BRITAIN RECOGNIZES AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
• NORTHERN BOUNDARY AT GREAT LAKES
• MISSISSIPPI RIVER BECOMES WESTERN BOUNDARY
• SPAIN RECEIVES FLORIDA
• BRITISH WITHDRAW TROOPS
• LOYALIST PROPERTY RESTORED

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RESULTS OF WAR

• INDEPENDENCE FOR AMERICA
• MANY LOYALISTS LEAVE
• LARGE WAR DEBTS
• NEW BOUNDARIES
• IROQUOIS FEDERATION DESTROYED
• IDEAS OF LIBERTY