The Path to Victory (7.3)

1. The Path to Victory (7.3) 1778 - 1781

2. The War moves South • After 3 years of fighting in the North, British decided to move South. • Why? • Most loyalists were from the ____________. • Expected ___________ to escape and join them because they would grant them ______________.

3. Flow Map December 1778, British captured __________ Georgia. 1780, British General Clinton trapped American forces in _____________________, South Carolina. They fought (Battle of ____________), and city surrendered. Worst _______________ defeat of the war

4. Leaders British general Lord ________________________was at Camden, South Carolina Vs. Congress assigned Horatio ______________________ (former victor at Saratoga) to form new Southern army with 2,000 new militia.

5. August 1780 • H. _____________ ran into British troops outside Camden • _______________ were unprepared, panicked and ran. • 2nd defeat in the South … ____________ is no longer leader of American army.

6. Guerrilla War • Countryside was a _________________ place for the British army. • Frances ___________, called the “_________________________” was a rebel guerrilla leader who cut the British supply line that led inland from Charles Town.

7. New Leader Nathaniel _____________ is now in charge of American Southern army. (One of Washington’s best generals) He sent his army to fight in a linear battle and they won! Lord ________________ now pursued _____________ up to North Carolina. American strategy: wear out the British huge number of troops, which caused heavy losses.

8. Lord Cornwallis • With heavy losses, he had to retreat to Wilmington on the coast. • He realized that there were more ______________________ than ______________________ in the south. • British strategies failed.

9. End of the War, 1781 • Lord Cornwallis was frustrated, so he marched north into Virginia and set up base at Yorktown (by _________________ Bay) • He needed ________________ by ship from New York. • BIG ___________________________! • Gave Washington the chance to trap the British!

10. France to the rescue! • French army came with Washington • French fleet arrived from West Indies and blocked _____________________Bay. • Prevented supplies getting in and British escaping.

11. Battle of Yorktown • British tried to protect themselves with _______________ or small forts. • American and French bombarded Yorktown, and Lord ______________________ had no way out. • On October 19, 1781, he _________________________ with a force of 8,000.

12. Why the Americans won? • Persistence • Strengths that grew as the war continued • Civilians kept the resistance alive Chart on page 218 – write it on back of scorecard.