Southern Campaign: A Turning Point in War

The Revolutionary War between the American Colonies and Great Britain spread all throughout

North America; but it didn’t hit only the colonies. It also hit the people of the deep

south. The British, in 1778, turned to the southern colonies and away

from the French. With France joining the war, Britian realized they may have a

global conflict on their hands; they believed that their best shot at victory would

be to conquer the south. Britain thought this because they were under the assumption

that they had very strong loyalist support there. They also wrongly assumed that enslaved

groups would join their fight. For a while, the British seemed like they would