Question

Use the map to answer the question.

A map of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia highlights the location of seven important battles of the American Revolutionary War.

Which of the following best explains why so many battles occurred in South Carolina in 1780 and 1781?

(1 point)
Responses

The only battles that took place in South Carolina during the revolution happened after 1780.
The only battles that took place in South Carolina during the revolution happened after 1780.

Beginning in 1780, the British began to focus on the southern colonies to break colonial resistance and end the war.
Beginning in 1780, the British began to focus on the southern colonies to break colonial resistance and end the war.

After the British tried to take Charleston in 1780, they moved inland where they thought they could have more success.
After the British tried to take Charleston in 1780, they moved inland where they thought they could have more success.

Loyalists in North Carolina moved into South Carolina to fight against the patriots and their allies in that colony.

Answer 1

Beginning in 1780, the British began to focus on the southern colonies to break colonial resistance and end the war.

(Their "Southern Strategy"—including the capture of Charleston and subsequent inland campaigns to rally Loyalists—led to many battles in South Carolina in 1780–1781.)