Question | Answer |
First Continental Congress (know the purpose and decisions made) | Meeting of delegates from the colonies to resolve conflict with the British; send 10 resolutions to King George III |
Second Continental Congress (know the purpose and decisions made) | 2nd meeting of the delegates; form of the Continental Army |
Treaty of Paris 1783 | Ended the Revolutionary War and recognizes the independence of the United States |
Role of Women | nurses, kept businesses going, supported men on battlefield, seamstresses, cooks , sometimes fought. |
Role of African Americans | British promised blacks their freedom; some fought for the Americans after Washington allowed free blacks to enlist |
Role of Native Americans | Fought for both sides, British had more Indian citizens |
Causes of the American Revolution | Violation of rights, Proclamation of 1763, British taxes without colonists consent, no representation in British parliament |
Price of freedom | 6,284 killed in combat, 10,000 died of disease, 8,500 died while prisoners of war; 2nd most costly war in American history |
Lowcountry | Although many had ties with British probably most were patriots |
Backcountry | Many were impartial to the war; until the Great Cane Break, most were loyalists |
African American | Concerned with freedom; most joined the British/Loyalists |
Native Americans | Concerned about their land; most joined the British/Loyalists. |
Lexington and Concord | Beginning skirmishes of the Revolution; "The shot heard around the world" is fired at Lexington |
Attack on Fort Moultrie | First major success of Americans; where the SC state flag originated |
Siege and Fall of Charles Town | Charles town would surrender to the British on May 12, 1780 after a long siege. Many SC leaders were captured |
Valley Forge | town in Pennsylvania where Washington rests his men; loses 1/4 of his men from wounds, disease, and starvation |
Battle of Camden | General Horatio Gates loses this SC battle; British on brink of conquering SC |
Battle of Kings Mountain | Sc battle considered a turning point in the south; Americans victorious |
Battle of Cowpens | Boody Tarleton's British troops were tricked and defeated in SC by Daniel Morgan |
Battle of Yorktown | Last major battle where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in Virginia |
Great Cane Break | Battle in Simpsonville, SC that helped end the Loyalists threat in the Backcountry of SC |
Loyalists | American colonists who fought for the British side; Loyal to the King |
Patriots | American Colonists who fought for independence |
Declaration of Independence | Document declaring colonists separate from Britain |
Guerilla Warfare | hit and run tactics used by small groups of people |
Continental Army | Army organized to defend the colonies |
Siege | Military tactic when an enemy is surrounded and supplies are cut off; used around Boston by colonists and Charleston by the British |
George Washington | Commander of the Continental army |
Thomas Lynch Jr., Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward Jr., Arthur Middleton | SC signers of the Declaration of Independence |
Thomas Jefferson | Writer of the Declaration of Independence |
Thomas Paine | wrote "Common Sense" and "American Crisis" essays to inspire the soldiers |
Sergeant William Jasper | Heroically saved the SC flag at Fort Moultrie |
Benedict Arnold | fought heroically at Saratoga but would turn traitor and join the British |
Christopher Gadsden | Leader of the Son's of Liberty in SC |
Francis Marion (Swamp Fox), Andrew Pickens (Wizard Owl), Thomas Sumter (Gamecock) | SC military leaders that used Guerilla Warfare tactics to frustrate the British and successfully force them out of SC |
Daniel Morgan | Defeated Bloody Tarleton at Cowpens |
General Cornwallis | Commander of the British forces who would surrender to Washington at Yorktown |
Col. Banastre Tarleton | nicknamed "Bloody Tarleton" who slaughtered the American prisoners in SC |
Molly Pitcher | Nickname given to women in the Revolutionary War that carried water to soldiers on the battlefield |
Robert Shurtliff | Deborah Sampson disguised as a man in order to fight in the war |
Nathanael Greene | War hero commanding important battles in the South. Greenville, SC is named after him |