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Famous women who served
• Mary Ludwig Hayes- a “Molly Pitcher”
• Betsy Ross- sewed flags for Washington’s army
• Margaret Corbin-1st wounded
• Deborah Sampson-A.K.A. Robert Shurtleff
Choices for African-Americans
Fight for British
• Offered freedom
• Might be hanged by Patriots
Fight for Patriots
• All men equal? Only free African-Americans allowed to enlist
• Might be captured & sold by British
Famous African-Americans who served
• Prince Estabrook- wounded at Lexington and Concord
• Peter Salem and Salem Poor- fought at Bunker Hill
• Saul Matthews and James Armistead-spies
British get Native help in the West & North
• Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, Mohawks, and Iroquois attack settlements.
The Western Frontier and the War
• George Rogers Clark was successful in the Ohio River Valley.
• New Spain’s Governor Galvez helped Americans along the Gulf Coast and the MS River.
At Sea
John Paul Jones takes the British Serapis in a naval battle:
“I have not yet begun to fight.”
His ship Bonhomme Richard named for Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac
British Commander Clinton moves battles to the South to get Loyalist support.
• http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/plan-your-trip/interactive.htm
Charleston, SC surrenders to the British 1780
• British Mistakes:
1. General Cornwallis forces colonists to give allegiance to England. They must choose sides .
2. Colonel Tarleton refuses to “give quarter” to Buford’s VA Infantry. Wounded bayoneted, and those who surrendered are stabbed with sabers. – Atrocities make Patriots more determined, and sway
some on the fence to side w/ Patriots. – Retaliation continues on both sides.