THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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it was the last battle of the American Revolution
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the British and Americans fought to a bloody draw
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the British won and gained control of the Carolinas
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George Washington’s troops handily defeated the British
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Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Camden, (August 16, 1780), in the American Revolution, British victory in South Carolina, one of the most crushing defeats ever inflicted upon an American army. British subjugation of rebel American colonies in the south depended on control of outposts and supply depots.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 16, 1780, more than 2000 British and Loyalist troops under Lt. General Lord Cornwallis met and defeated over 4, 000 American troops commanded by the “Hero of Saratoga, ” General Horatio Gates. The Battle of Camden was the worst Patriot defeat of the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Camden in South Carolina was a lopsided victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Despite the proliferation of dysentery among his men, Continental General Horatio Gates chose to engage British General Charles Cornwallis’s force on the morning of August 16, 1780.
Detailed explanation-4: -See the enemy charge with bayonets.” With the British closing in on three sides, Cornwallis ordered Tarleton’s cavalry to charge into the rear of the Continental line. The cavalry charge broke up the formation of the Continental troops, who finally broke and fled.
Detailed explanation-5: -After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on May 12, 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10, 000 at Charleston, South Carolina.