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Vincennes, 1778
King George III's Proclamation of 1763 gave the Indians the land west Appalachian Mountains for their Hunting Grounds. British used this to their advantage. Colonel Henry Hamilton of the British Army paid the Indians for any colonist scalps. This, encouraged the Indians to attack the white colonists and at the same time protected the British because they did not want to lose the money they were receiving. -
Savannah, 1778
The British easily captured Savannah from the Americans in early 1778. This set the stage for the second bloodiest battle of the Revolution. -
Charleston, 1780
On May 12, 1780, Lincoln unconditionally surrendered Charleston and several thousand Continental soldiers to Clinton. It was the greatest loss of manpower and equipment of the war for the Americans and gave the British nearly complete control of the Southern colonies. -
Camden, 1780
The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (American War of Independence). On August 16, 1780, British forces under Lieutenant General Charles, Lord Cornwallis routed the American forces of Major General Horatio Gates about six miles north of Camden, South Carolina, strengthening the British hold on the Carolinas following the capture of Charleston. -
KingsMountain, 1780
On the Carolina border in october, the patriots defeated an army made up of entirely of Loyalists. -
Guilford Court House, 1781
A force of 1,900 British troops under the command of General Lord Cornwallis defeated an American force of 4,000 under Rhode Island native General Nathanael Greene. The battle is commemorated at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. -
Cowpens, 1781
1,000 of American patriots stopped Cornwallis' men at the Battle of Kings mountain on the Carolina border -
Yorktown, 1781
Washington's troops helped to reinforce Lafayette's force. American and French Artillery began to destroy Yorktown. This made Cornwallis to face an army 2 times more the size of his army. On October 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.