Question

What was the significance of Sumter’s Brigade during the summer of 1780?(1 point)
Responses

It successfully stopped the British invasion of Charleston.
It successfully stopped the British invasion of Charleston.

It successfully ended the British Southern Strategy.
It successfully ended the British Southern Strategy.

It was the only army that defended the southern backcountry during that period.
It was the only army that defended the southern backcountry during that period.

Sumter used the brigade’s tactics to devise the Post War strategy to defeat the British.

Answer 1

It was the only army that defended the southern backcountry during that period.

Explanation: After Charleston fell in May 1780, Thomas Sumter’s militia brigade was the primary force actively resisting British and Loyalist control in the South Carolina backcountry during the summer of 1780, harassing enemy forces and protecting local Patriot communities.