Question

What was the significance of Sumter’s Brigade during the summer of 1780? (1 point)
It successfully ended the British Southern Strategy.
It successfully stopped the British invasion of Charleston.
Sumter used the brigade’s tactics to devise the Post War strategy to defeat the British.
It was the only army that defended the southern backcountry during that period.

Answer 1

It was the only army that defended the southern backcountry during that period. After Charleston fell in 1780, Sumter’s Brigade was the primary organized Patriot force resisting British control in the southern backcountry.