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1778-1781
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Vincennes 1778
In 1778 British and Indian troops retook the fort in Vincennes, Indiana. Clark decided to set out for Vincennes to recapture the fort. -
Savannah 1778
Hoping to draw Loyalist sympathies, th British forces, supported by the royal navy, seized Savannah, Georgia. -
Battle of Vincennes
A British force of about 500 men retook the fort at Vincennes. Clark lead about 200 American troops to Vincennes and convinced most of the Indians to abandond their British troops. The Americans captured the fort. -
Charleston 1780
In May 1780, British forces also seized Charleston, South Carolina. -
Camden 1780
2,400 British troops defeated the Patriot militia and some Continental army troops at Camden, South Carolina. -
Kings Mt. 1780
Patriots defeated a forces made up entirely of Loyalists at Kings Mountain in Carolina. -
Cowpens 1781
About 1000 Patriots stopped Cornwallis at the battle of Cowpens in the same area as Kings Mt. Carolina. -
Guilford Court House
Despite Cornwallis' defeat in South Carolina he continued to North Carolina. British forced dsefeated the patriots at the battle of the Guilford Court House in March 1781. -
Battle of Yorktown
An army of American and French forces combined made up an army almost twice the size of Cornwallis'. They fought and surrounded the peninsula so Cornwallis couldn't escape. Soon he was forced to surrender.
