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The reason the British moved south was because the Continental Army won basically every battle. So anyway, the British moved south because they thought there would be Loyalists in the South to protect their land.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoDid you mean in 1778, North America? If so...
With the French now involved, the British stepped up their efforts in the southern colonies since they felt that most Southerners were Loyalists. A campaign began in late 1778, with the capture of Savannah, Georgia. Shortly thereafter, British troops drove toward Charleston, South Carolina, the principal Southern port. The British also brought naval and amphibious forces into play there, and they managed to bottle up American forces on the Charleston peninsula. On May 12 General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered the city and its 5,000 troops, the greatest American defeat of the war.
But the reversal in fortune only emboldened the American rebels. Soon, South Carolinians began roaming the countryside, attacking British supply lines. By July, American General Horatio Gates, who had assembled a replacement force of untrained militiamen, rushed to Camden, South Carolina, to confront British forces led by General Charles Cornwallis. But the untrained soldiers of Gates's army panicked and ran when confronted by the British regulars. Cornwallis's troops met the Americans several more times, but the most significant battle took place at Cowpens, South Carolina, in early 1781, where the Americans soundly defeated the British. After an exhausting, but unproductive chase through North Carolina, Cornwallis set his sights on Virginia.
Source: US Department of State
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∙ 13y agoBecause they saw the USA as an economic rival, and were happy to see it split into two.
There were also older conservatives who still thought the American revolution was a bit of cheek, so they too were pleased to see a bit of trouble in paradise. These people also felt a natural kinship with the planter-aristocracy.
However, Britain had abolished slavery in all its colonies thirty years earlier, and could not be seen to fight directly for slavery. So when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, turning the war into an official crusade against slavery, the British had to give up supporting the Confederates. (That was the main reason he issued the Proclamation).
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∙ 12y agoThe british believed that most southerners were loyalists
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∙ 15y agoThe British wanted to move the war to the south for a few reasons: * Southern Ports * Resupplying quickly and easily * Major population of Loyalists
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∙ 12y agoBecause they wanted to get away from harming others
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∙ 13y agobecause loyalist lived in the south
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