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Some reasons for the failure of British troops in the South are as follows:
- The British had to divert troops to defend gulf coast forts under Spanish attack.
- Rebels used guerrilla warfare, while the British were used to a more forthright style of war.
- The British overestimated the loyalist faction.
- The British got too far away from their fleet and had no reliable supply lines.
novanet : to make a surprise attack on German mercenaries in trenton, new jersey
Native Americans and Patriots- novanet
the Patriots' decisive victory at Kings Mountain, South Carolina
NovaNet Answer: to arrest colonial leaders in hiding there.
the french fleet arrived at the right moment to blockade a British escape
Native Americans attacked colonial settlements, and settlers killed neutral Native Americans.
Actually, the first time young George was sent to lead was to the Ohio Territory in the French and Indian war. The opposing enemy took George by surprise-- he was forced to surrender. He was so humiliated and disillusioned that he vowed to never go into a battle again.
But he was tapped again to lead. He accepted but reluctantly.
What is now seen as a skill to retreat was actually more of an aversion to fight. He cared about his men; he understood their hardships because these were his hardships, too. We must put his life into context, so we understand his sacrifices--and his caution.
The Declaration of Independence was written to King George, and Parliament declaring the American colonies were now independent states, free of British rule.
Cornwallis had decided he could not win the Carolinas after losing two key battles.
Each colony had two-house legislature, which mirrored the government of Britain.
One reason is that Southern whites feared that freed blacks would seek revenge for their past treatment as slaves.
Other reasons were:
1) freed blacks represented competition for white industries and professions
2) freed blacks represented political opposition (as they would again in 1865)
Manumission (which is simply the voluntary freeing of slaves) was unwelcome in the South because they felt that slaves would be more likely to try to escape if they had examples of successful freedmen. Another was that freed slaves might have legal status to hold previous owners responsible for maltreatment or injury. The concept of being "born into slavery" was seen as conferring a lifelong status by slaveholders.
Thomas Jefferson
