Share to Google Classroom At the outset of the war, around 20% of America’s colonists were Loyalists who wanted to remain under British rule. Year in Revolution: 1780 Loyalists details how British hopes of Loyalist support in the South collapsed at Kings Mountain, turning a once-confident strategy into a pivotal setback in 1780. […]
Share to Google Classroom The Year in Revolution: 1780 Cooperation video describes how by 1780, the fight for American independence teetered on the brink of collapse as Congress ran out of money–until an influx of individuals, communities, and foreign allies rallied to the Revolutionary cause. The contributions of Esther DeBerdt Reed and the […]
Share to Google Classroom The Year in Revolution: 1780 Benedict Arnold’s Treason video details how American General Benedict Arnold’s bitterness and ambition led him to betray his country–offering West Point to the British before his plot was exposed with the capture of British Major John Andre. Featured video topics were suggested by our […]
Share to Google Classroom The Year in Revolution: 1780 Overview video examines the war’s brutal hardships, shifting loyalties, and widening front in 1780. The year also ushered in deepening alliances, strengthened ideals, and a renewed fight for American independence. Battles in North and South Carolina and on the western frontier are highlighted, along […]
Share to Google Classroom The Year in Revolution: 1780 South Carolina video chronicles the 1780 British campaign focused on South Carolina and features the Siege of Charleston and battles at Waxhaws and Camden, and key Patriots Benjamin Lincoln, Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion, and Nathanael Greene, and British adversaries Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis, and […]
Share to Google Classroom In the Year in Revolution: 1780 The Frontier, Britain and the United States vie for control of the western territory–“the frontier”–a vast region beyond the Appalachian Mountains, drawing on new and old alliances to gain the upper hand. Some Indigenous Nations in the region sided with the Revolutionaries, often […]