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

 war in the west..... these are the most important battles in the american revolution. cause, while francis marion plans his raids, joseph

Struggles in the south america:

The americans in the south were already winning battles with britian. They had already got back North and South Carolina from britian. The british were thinking of bringing americans back on there control but they knew the the colonists wouldn't agree. So, they made a plan to get the colonists back in there control. Then they thoght of a different plan and that was to fight hardly so that they would lose.


 * British Victories.... **
 * In 1778, General Henry Clinton sent 3500 british troops from new york. **
 * they were going to take Savannah, Geogia. they got what they wanted, and took over Geogia. Clinton himself was so confident, he took a large amount of soldiers ,in 1780, to attack the port of Charles Town,South Carolina. the british also got Charles Town and 1000s of prisoners. it was the worst American defeats in the whole war. **




 * British Retreat.... **
 * on April 1781, General Cornwallis decided to march north to Virginia. his troops raided almost all of the states, almost capturing Thomas Jefferson! Luckily, Jefferson heard them coming and left on horseback. While the British were fast, Jefferson was faster. General Washington sent Layfette and Antony Wayne south to fight Cornwallis. while they were coming, Cornwallis was making a camp to wait for more instruction from General Clinton. the south went to go to the colonists. **



=﻿HELP FROM SPAIN:= When 30-year-old Bernardo de Galvez and became governer of spanish territory in louisiana in JAN. 1777,spain was neutral. that did not stop him from helping the colonists

__Patriot Victories:__ Nathanael Greene replaced Gates as commander