SOUTH CAROLINA REBELS VS. TORIES

South Carolina Rebels vs. Tories

South Carolina Rebels vs. Tories

Introduction

During the 1760's the British passed regulations that caused problems in South Carolina. Most of these new regulations were about taxes. There were some persons that lived in South Carolina called, Tories, that advised loyalty to Britain in spite of the regulations. But the most of the people were called, Whigs, who were in favor of independence. South Carolina had many important assaults of the Revolutionary War. In 1776, British land and sea forces assaulted Charleston. But the colonist beaten the British in what was called, the assault of Sullivan's Island. There was a second British attack on Charleston in 1779, and the British captured the town in 1780.

Later that year, the British armies, lead by General Horatio barriers, beaten the colonial armies at Camden. After that the British and their Tori allies controlled most of South Carolina. Colonial triumphs on October 7, 1780, in the Battle of monarch hill, where 900 colonials fighters beaten 1,100 British fighters, and on January 17, 1781 at Cowpens, were rotating points in the conflict for the South. In 1781, General Nathanael Greene lead his colonial armies, and motored the major British army out of South Carolina to Virginia. The British evacuated Charleston in 1782. Between the course of the conflict, 137 assaults were fought in the state. Most being battled between Tories and Whigs. (Graham, 2007 Pp. 229)

Body: Discussion and Analysis

The year was 1780, British troops had taken South Carolina, Andy's oldest male sibling had joined the American regiment battling in their dwelling town, but died due to heat exhaustion in battle. At the sight of his deceased brother Hugh, Jackson joins the army as a climbed on messenger. After the battling halted, both Andrew Jackson and his brother Robert (who had furthermore connected the American armed detachment by now) went back home to the Crawfords. Even though authorized assaults had been temporarily halted, the 'civil conflict' raged on as Patriots battled Tories in the towns of South Carolina, catching juvenile Andrew Jackson in the midst of the fight. In one bloody meet, Jackson and his male sibling were taken detainee by British dragoons. ABritish officer ordered Andrew to clean his boots. The young man denied, claiming his right as a prisoner of conflict not to be treated like a servant. The angry agent whipped out his sword and slashed at the boy's head. Luckily for Jackson, his stealth saved him from certain death, but leaving him with blemishes on his left hand and head which he conveyed with him his entire life, along with a abhorrence for the British.

Thrown into jail camp, Elizabeth Jackson would not let her children rot in British units, and making agreements for exchange of prisoners, got her sons in the trade. Alas, Robert died throughout the journey home, and Elizabeth was barely adept to save Andrew. Being the brave woman that she was, Elizabeth Jackson made a excursion to Charlestown Harbor, where she intended to ...