The+War+in+the+West+and+South

** 1778-LT. Clark seized Kaskaskia in (present day)Illinois and Vincennes in (present day)Indiana **
 * WAR IN THE WEST**
 * British seemed to present less of a threat than the Americans did. So many natives fought with the british. Mohawk cheif, Joseph Brandt led many attacks in New York and Pennsylnania.**
 * Henry hamilton the "hair Buyer" would pay natives for the scalps of settlers**

==George Rogers Clark, a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia, set out to end the British attacks on western settlers. In July 1778, Clark and 175 soldiers sailed down the Ohio River to the mouth of the Tennessee River. the Patriots seized the British post at Kaskaskia in Illinois. During Clarks absence, **British Henry Hamilton recaptured Vincennes, George Rogers Clark was determined to recapture and did in a surprise attack in february 1779. What a great display of determination by Clark. ** ==
 * // victory at vinecces[[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSyZKNvIQOcpJ8bHXkGZjzSHVusxTgvJtSGgHRmp-wAD3yQYW-3 width="277" height="182" align="left"]] //**

== **Struggles in the South: ** == ** 1778-British Gen Clinton successfully sends 3500 troops to overtake Savannah and occupy Georgia ** ** 1780-Clinton attacks and overtakes Charlestown, SC. 1000’s of prisoners taken-worst defeat of war so far. ** ** Gen Gates(amer) and Cornwallis(Brit) face each other in Camden, SC (Aug 1780). British won but they now started facing gueriila warfare. Although Brits win, now facing guerilla warfare, taught by swamp fox francis marion. A new breed of fighting worries the brits! ** =**BRITISH VICTORIES**= ==**Although the British won this battle, Cornwall soon found out that he couldnt control the area that he had conqured which was was South Carolina. He and his troops faced a new kind of warfare. The British looked at the Americans as there feet because they thought they were at the bottom, basically they thought they were nobodies.**== =//__ Guerrilla Warfare __//= == The British received less help than they had expected from Loyalists in Southern states. Instead, as British troops moved through the countryside, small forces of Patriots attacked them. These bands of soldiers appeared suddenly, struck their blows, and then disappeared. ==
 * The greates t guerrilla fighter was Francis Marion, "the swamp fox" and also called the "devil himself" by the Brits! Marion will make a remarkable difference in the style of fighting the Americans used! **

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** 1780-Sept Patriots forced British to retreat @ King’s Mountain in NC. This Brought finally support from southerners who wanted to end a destructing war. **
 * Patriot Victories:[[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ9TuUjr6iO8gpfCc7JmoteCK6I0MVAZkyYIayIsnjxzE720Lak width="271" height="186" align="left"]] **

** They also defeated the brits at Cowpens, SC and forced Britain's Nathanial Greene to retreat from Guilford's Courthouse, NC. These are crushing defeats for the British who depended on the south for Loyalty, I don't think this booted the confidence of the British! **