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This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...

The Boston Tea Party

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This battle was won by the Patriots by faking a retreat.

Battle of Cowpens

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This man saved the flag at the Battle of Fort Moultrie.
William Jasper
100
This is a promise.
Oath
100
Colonists that wanted to stay loyal to the King were called...
Loyalists
200

This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.

The Stamp Act

200

British attacked this fort on Sullivan's Island in an attempt to capture Charles Town.

Fort Moultrie

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This man is called the father of partisan warfare and is nicknamed "The Swamp Fox".
Francis Marion
200
This means freedom.
Independence
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Colonists that wanted to be free from the King were called...
Patriots
300

This phrase became the Patriot saying of why they wanted to be free.

No Taxation Without Representation

300

Fort Moultrie was made out of this and kept the British from winning this battle.

Palmetto Trees

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This man went back to fighting after the British burned down his home. He is known as "The Gamecock."
Thomas Sumter
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This means to blockade a city and cut off their food and supplies until they are forced to surrender.
Siege
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This is how the British took over Charles Town.
Blockade the harbor, surround the city by land, and then shot cannons into the city.
400

After the Boston Tea Party, British closed Boston Harbor. These acts were called....

The Intolerable Acts

400

The Battle of Kings Mountain was a victory for the Patriots even though they did what?

Kept fighting after the British had surrendered.

400
This man helped the Patriots win at the Battles of Cowpens and Eutaw Springs. He is nicknamed "The Wizard Owl".
Andrew Pickens
400
This is when people refuse to buy something.
Boycott
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This is what women could do to help during the war.
Stay home and take care of the family, be nurses or cook or clean for the soldiers, or be a spy!
500

The British King made the colonists pay taxes because...

They needed money to pay for all of the wars they had fought.

500

What 3 important battles took place in South Carolina after the war had begun?

Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Eutaw Springs

500
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
500
This is small, local army.
Militia
500

This is where the British finally left South Carolina

Battle of Eutaw Springs