Patriots Drive the British Back

After being defeated in the Battle of Saratoga and after the alliance between the French and the Patriots, the British decided they had to stop with the nonsense and put a stop to the rebellion of their American Colonies. Toward the end of the war, the British shifted their attention to the south. In late 1778 and 1780, the British had won most of the battles and captured a lot of major sea ports on the south. In 1778, they easily captured Savannah in Georgia. In 1780, they captured Charleston and 5000 Patriot soldiers in South Carolina. At last, they captured Camden in South Carolina too. General Lord Cornwallis was able to capture all these ports with the help of the German mercenaries. Everything was going right for the British, but what they didn't know was that the Patriots were not giving up just yet.

Simultaneously, Bernardo de Gálvez, spanish governor of Louisina, captured Mobil, Alabama and Pensacola, West British Florida. This expanded spanish power in North America and divided the British army.

At last, the Patriots crushed the loyalist militia at King Mountain in South Carolina. On 1781, the Continental Army inflicted heavy losses on the British Army on two battles: Cowpens and Guildford Court House. Frustrated, Lord Cornwallis decided to march north, where he walks directly into a trap.