EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Yorktown
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CFamden
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Charles Town
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Saratoga
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British launched its Southern strategy by beginning a siege of Charlestown, South Carolina on March 28th. The siege lasted until May 9th when British artillery fire was close enough to set the town on fire and force a surrender soon thereafter, on May 12th.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Blockade of Charleston was the famous blockade launched by Commodore Edward Teach, better known as the infamous Captain Blackbeard later in his pirate career, in May 1718 at Charleston, South Carolina.