SC During The American Revoultion

The Stamp Act/The Stamp Act Congress

• The Stamp Act was a law that parliament pass, forcing the colonies
• Pay tax on everything they bought.
• The people in the colony did not like it so parliament took away the law.

This is a item that people bought and paid taxes on

The Townshend Duties

• It was found to collect revenue from the colonies
• Import duties like glass, paint, paper, tea, glass, and etc.
• The colony refuse to do pay these taxes

A picture of tax thats on tea

The Tea Act

• The idea of the Tea Act was to save the British East India Company
• The company could've ships it's tea to colonies without paying taxes
• The colonies got angry and started a boyscott

This is a picture of a tea being boycott

THOMAS SUMTER

• Born in Virginia and served in the Seven Years War.
• He is known as the Carolina Gamecock
• He served in the French and Indian War
• He served in the House Of Representatives and the U.S. Senate

Charles Pinckney

• he was born October, 1757
• in 1787 he got married to Mary Laurens
• he served in the continental congress in 1784 
• he became governor 4 times
• he was captured in 1780

This painting is of charles pinckney

Henry Middleton

• He was born in 1717 in Charleston,SC
• He was a memebrr of the "King's Council" in America
• He was also a memeber of the SC house of common
• He was elected as a delegate from South Carolina to the First Continental Congress.
• He died June 13,1784

This is a picture of Henry Middleton on coin for 1774

SC ROLE IN THE 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

• 16 delegates served during the 2nd C.C
• They were planters who represent the lowcountry
• They also supported independence

"No Taxation Without Representation" Meaning

This phrase means that the colonist wanted representation in the British parliament before having to pay taxes to the British

Patriots

• People who wanted independence from the british
• They wanted the U.S to be on their own
• People wanted independence from the british because they felt they weren't getting treated fairly
• They were force to pay tax without a say or cause

Torries/Loyalists

• People who wanted to stay loyal to the brtish and still be a citizen
• They thought they would live better if they stay with the british
• Sone people thought the british knew more than the patriots did

This is a picture of soldiers being loyal to there country 

WOMENS

• women back then had different laws they had to follow from men
• They were not allowed to vote and work
• They had to stay home and take care of there children 

ENSLAVED/FREE AFRICANS

• A enslave is a person who wasn't a slave a slave
•  A free African is a person who got out of slavery or a person who was 
• never in slavery 

BATTLE OF CHARLESTON

• the battle was between the British and the americans
• British gained control of South and the Americans lost many soldiers due to the surrender.
• The battle was located in Charleston,SC

COWPENS

• Cowpens is located in Spartanburg
•  in January of 1781, that Colonial troops roundly defeated the top-notch British unit known as the British Legion. 
• Their unexpected defeat left the British decrease in numbers 

This is a piture of graveyard for peopke who died in the cowpens war

FRANCIS MARION

• Francis Marion was born in Berkeley County, S.C
• In 1761 he took part in the war against the Cherokee Indians as a lieutenant of militia
• In September 1775 he led his company in capturing the forts in Charleston harbor from the British. 
• He is known as th e Swamp Fox

This is a picture of Francis Marion back in the day 

WILLIAM HARDEN

• William Harden was born on November 11, 1844 in Savannah Georgia  
• hewas known as Indian or Big Bill Hardin
• He was a fighter and he was in the Militia 
• He had ten children 

NATIVE AMERICANS

• were the first to lived in the U.S.
• They traded with the settlers who came to America
• the white settlers soon took advantage of the native american and 
• forces some of them into slavery 
• The native americans became slaves to the settlers

This is a statue of a native american on a horse walking across a river

KINGS MOUNTAIN

•  Battle of Kings Mountain was 1780, in South Carolina 
• The battle was between the American and the British 
• The battle was about America getting freedom from the British 

Works Cited
"American Revolution." For Kids: Patriots and Loyalists. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2014.
"Henry Middleton." Princeton University. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2014.
Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2014.
"No Taxation without Representation." No Taxation without Representation. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.
"Sons and Daughters of Liberty." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2014.
"Tea Act 1773." Tea Act 1773. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2014.