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American History
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the worst Patriot loss -5000 men? | Siege of Charles Town |
| What happened at the Waxhaws Massacre? | Banestre Tarleton chased Colonel Buford and his men to the NC border where he killed most of them despite their attempts to surrender. |
| What states were the British focusing on in the Southern strategy? | the southern states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia |
| What was the Fabian strategy? | Washington’s strategy- wearing down the enemy through small fights, disrupting supplies, and lowering morale |
| What officer was so brutal that he incentivised the Patriots to fight against him? | Banestre Tarlton |
| What battle lost 1,900 bc of an error in positioning by General Gates? | The Battle of Camden |
| Who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown | General Cornwallis |
| Blade that attaches to the end of a rifle | Bayonet |
| Soldiers that fought on horses | Dragoon |
| strategy- Surprise hit and run | Partisan Warfare |
| Battle between patriots and loyalist– patriot victory, but when they learned of the patriot loss at Campden, they had to retreat | Musgrove Mill |
| British Major sent to recruit loyalists | The bulldog |
| What happened to the Bulldog? | He died at Kings Mountain bc of threatening the Mountain Men |
| What is Francis Marion known for? | guerilla tactics and partisan warfare |
| Who won the Kings Mountain Battle | America bc of the mountain men |
| Trained Soldiers in Washington's army | Conintentials |
| Who is the patriot General that Greenville is named after? | Nathaniel Greene |
| What battle did Greene and Morgan beat the British and humiliate Banistre Tarlton | Cowpens |
| What is a Pyrrhic victory? | a win achieved at such a devastating cost that it is basically a defeat |
| Give an example of a Pyrrhic victory? (What Battle) | Guilford Courthouse (battle between Greene and Cornwallis) |
| What is a mayhem tower | a log tower used for sharpshooters to shoot into a fort |
| Who was the polish engineer that helped America? | Thaddeus Kosciuszko |
| What was the Siege of 96 designed for? | to pressure the British but the Americans lost |
| during what battle of a mayhem tower used? | Siege of 96 |
| What was the last major battle for SC? | Eutaw Springs |
| the British surrendered during what 3 week Siege? | Siege at Yorktown |
| Who helped the americas during the Siege at Yorktown? | French Navy |
| When and where did the British Surrender? | Yorktown in 1781 to Cornwalis |
| what Treat was signed in 1783 giving America land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from the Great Lakes to Florida’s border | Treat of Paris |
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