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

=//** War In The West....... **//=
 * //West of the Appalachian Mountains the British & their Native American allies were raiding American Settlement.//Francis Marion was planing his raids in the South,they were important in the battles Revolutionary War. the important battles took place on the western front.**

** Victory at Vinennes...... **

 * George rodgers clark took himself and 175 men and sailed the ohio river and siezed the british post and captued the british town of vinennes.**

British had the world strongest navy in the world at the time. The British blockade the american fleet to prevented supplies and reinforcements from reaching the continental army.
Struggles in the south In the early years of the war the Americans won some battles in the south. They defeated the loyalist at moores creek and saved Charles town SC from the british. Great Brittan understood that it would be hard to regain control of the colony. The british changed their plan they planed to hit hard in the south they also used their sea power.

Henry Clinton sent 3,500 troops to savannaha GA. Clinton planed to attack Charles town SC. Charles town surrendered. This was the worst defeat for the Americans. A parliament member stated " we look on America as our feet".

AFRICAN AMERICANS......
==As the need for grew for more soliders some defied the law and let African Americans to join the war effort. Rhode island had a regiment of African American soliders. Some were runaways others earned their freedom. Most fought and belelived the same values as the partriots. Estmates show 5,000 African American soliders joined the patriots in the war. By the end of the war all the states except South Carloina enlisted African Americans to fight.==

Help from spain......
===Spain was giving americans lots of money, supplys, and trade routes. January 1777 spain had a new governer bernardo de galvez. He loaned thousands of dollars to america. He also opened the port of new orleans for the patriots and, enabled them to ship supplies down the mississippi river. He gave them free trade on the part of the colonist. He also shipped tons of food and supply down the mississippi river.===

British retreat...... Cornwallis marched to VA in April and raided the state and almost catching govner Thomas Jefferson. Washington sent Lafayette and general Anthony Wayne to fight Cornwallis of the coast of VA

Patriot victories......
===The victories they had in the carolinas helped alot to win the war. After the british won in camden, south carolina they moved northward through the carolinas. At kings mountain more than 1,000 loyalists and one officer were guarding. patriot sharp shooters forced the british to retreat. The patriots wanted the war to end cause all thier farms and homes have been destroyed.===