Causes of War
Why did England need to tax the colonists in America?
England needed the money to pay for the wars they had fought.
The LAST major battle of the American Revolution in South Carolina
Battle of Eutaw Springs
What leader is nicknamed "The Gamecock"
Thomas Sumter
An act when people stop buying a product.
(Tax, Revolution, William Jasper, Boycott)
Boycott
Which document stated the reasons why the 13 colonies wanted to be free from England?
The Declaration of Independence
Which was not a cause of the American Revolution?
Tea Act, Intolerable Acts, Declaration of Independence, Slave Rebellion
Slave Rebellion
Who won the Battle of Kings Mountain?
Patriots
They refused to let the British surrender.
This leader was known as the swamp fox because he traveled through swamps, attacking the British at night, and then disappearing.
Francis Marion
A fight to replace one government with a different government.
(Tax, Revolution, William Jasper, Boycott)
Revolution
What is a group of ships that block other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor?
Blockade
The taxing of objects such as stamps, newspapers, playing cards
Stamp Act
What two battles weakened the British army?
Kings Mountain and Cowpens
Which leaders is known as the Wizard Owl?
Andrew Pickens
Money that government collects from people.
(Tax, Revolution, William Jasper, Boycott)
Tax
What were colonists called who stayed loyal to the King and England?
Loyalists
Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor is know as what event?
Why did Charles Town have to surrender to the British?
The British blockade and soldiers kept supplies and food from getting into the city.
He saved the flag during the Battle of Sullivan's Island.
(Tax, Revolution, William Jasper, Boycott)
William Jasper
A group of men who fight together
A militia
What happened in South Carolina after the Battle of Eutaw Springs?
The British gave up their attempts to take over and control South Carolina
Who won the Revolutionary War?
(Patriots, Loyalists)
Patriots
A set of written laws is called...
Constitution
Colonists who wanted independence from the King and England were called...
Patriots