Guerilla+Warfare

1. My topic is Guerilla Warfair in the South ( My page deleted it self) 2. What I already know Who? I know that Swamp fox was the leader of the sotherners whow led them to fight back. What? That the southerners fought the britsh to stop to taxation Where? The fighting occored in the south When? During the war Why? They did not have a large enough army to fight them any other way How? They used there knowledge of the land to fight of the british 3. What I want to know: Who? I would like to know if the natives helped in the fighting and who the british genrals where. What? If this form of warfair was used before this time Where? I would like to know the exact location of the battles When? I would like to know when the battles were fought Why? I would like to know why the british want to fight in the south. How? How did they get past the enemies without being noticed? 4. My research staregy; Who? I will use my teachers and friends to help me What? Web sites and books and encypoides When? During Class Where? At the libririy and mabye my house How? I will use the modle of the last DBQ i did in mrs. brolands class Key words for searching: Francis marion, guerilla warfair south reveultion, the swamp fox

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Francis Marion influenced the american revelution by introducing the use of guerilla warfare that help turn the tide of the war. "Marion was born at his family's plantation in Berkeley County, South Carolina, probably in 1732. The family's youngest son, Francis was a small boy with malformed legs, but he was restless, and at about 15 years old he joined the crew of a ship and sailed to the West Indies. During Marion's first voyage, the ship sank, supposedly after a whale rammed it. The seven-man crew escaped in a lifeboat and spent a week at sea before they drifted ashore. After the shipwreck, Marion decided to stick to land, managing his family's plantation until he joined the South Carolina militia at 25 to fight in the French and Indian War."

Frances Marion was known as the "Swamp Fox." "In the 1950's marions homested was covered by water back-up behind a dam. the lake that bears his mane forever covers the priceless heritage of the legendary man called the Swamp Fox. Sir Henry Clinton, their commander in chief, meditating a formidable expedition against them; with this view sailed from New York on the 26th December, 1779, with an army, which, with subsequent reinforcements amounted to about 12,000 men. To oppose this great force, Gen. Lincoln had not more than two thousand, a great part of which was militia. His head quarters were in Charleston, where the general assembly were setting in calm deliberation, for they had not yet heard of the rising storm. Francis Marion never commanded a large army or led a major battle. Histories of the Revolutionary War tend to focus on George Washington and his straightforward campaigns in the North, rather than small skirmishes in the South. Nevertheless, the Swamp Fox is one of the war's most enduring characters. "His reputation is certainly well deserved," says Busick. Though things looked bad for the Americans after Charleston fell, Marion's cunning, resourcefulness and In 1761, after his militia had defeated the area Cherokees, Marion returned to farming. He was successful enough to purchase his own plantation, Pond Bluff, in 1773. In 1775, Marion was elected to the first South Carolina Provincial Congress, an organization in support of colonial self-determination. After the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, the Provincial Congress voted to raise three regiments, commissioning Marion a captain in the second. His first assignments involved guarding artillery and building Fort Sullivan, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. When he saw combat during the Battle of Fort Sullivan in June 1776, Marion acted valiantly. But for much of the next three years, he remained at the fort, occupying the time by trying to discipline his troops, whom he found to be a disorderly, drunken bunch insistent on showing up to roll call barefoot. In 1779, they joined the Siege of Savannah, which the Americans lost.determination helped keep the cause of American independence alive in the South."

"In November of 1780, Marion earned the nickname he's remembered by today. British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, informed of Marion's whereabouts by an escaped prisoner, chased the American militia for seven hours, covering some 26 miles. Marion escaped into a swamp, and Tarleton gave up, cursing, "As for this damned old fox, the Devil himself could not catch him." The story got around, and soon the locals”who loathed the British occupation”were cheering the Swamp Fox.The legend of Francis Marion is nearly impossidle to separate form fact, but Marion's love for and knowlege of the swamps and forests played and importent role in the triumph of the americans.With the American army in retreat, things looked bad in South Carolina. Marion took command of a militia and had his first military success that August, when he led 50 men in a raid against the British. Hiding in dense foliage, the unit attacked an enemy encampment from behind and rescued 150 American prisoners. Though often outnumbered, Marion's militia would continue to use guerilla tactics to surprise enemy regiments, with great success. Because the British never knew where Marion was or where he might strike, they had to divide their forces, weakening them. By needling the enemy and inspiring patriotism among the locals, Busick says, Marion "helped make South Carolina an inhospitable place for the British. Marion and his followers played the role of David to the British Goliath." ""

"" "Biographer Hugh Rankin described the life of Francis Marion as "something like a sandwich”a highly spiced center between two slabs of rather dry bread." After the war, Marion returned to the quiet, dry-bread life of a gentleman farmer. At 54, he finally married a 49-year old cousin, Mary Esther Videau. He commanded a peacetime militia brigade and served in the South Carolina Assembly, where he opposed punishing Americans who had remained loyal to the British during the war. Championing amnesty for the Loyalists was "among the most admirable things he ever did," says Busick. In 1790, Marion helped write the South Carolina state constitution, and then retired from public life. After a long decline in health, Francis Marion died at his plantation, Pond Bluff, on February 27, 1795.While still leader of his brigade, Marion was elected to the senate of South Carolina in 1781. He was reelected in 1782 and again in 1784, after the war had ended. In appreciation for his military service, the state legislature appointed Marion commander of Fort Johnson, in Charleston." ""

Francis marion infucended the the people of the new nation in many ways before the reveution and after the reveution he was very smart and very fast and the trickest fox around.

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Really good overall! It flowed nicely and you used a very extensive vocabulary! I would make your introduction a bit longer, but otherwise, its a really nice paper!