Chapter 4, Theme 4 The Fighting Continues
Feb 09, 2016
Chapter 4, Theme 4The Fighting Continues
The Battle of Guilford Court House Nathanial Greene
(Patriot) rested in Virginia
Returned to NC and set up defenses at Guilford Court County House
Waited
Cornwallis (Loyalist), in Hillsborough was 200 miles away from supply lines.
Lost a lot of men on rush across NC, no way to replace
Readied his army for battle
Marched to meet Greene
March 15, 1781 Cornwallis’s army
arrived at the courthouse
Both sides shot artillery, Brits advanced to Continentals
Greene’s army shot soldiers, ran for the woods for cover and fired
Brits soon gained upper hand, late afternoon
Greene retreated
Cornwallis gained victory, but lost a lot of men.
Some believed had the Brits lost it would have destroyed the British Army
(Point for Brits)
The Tory War Local loyalist were
known as Tories David Fanning (Popular
Loyalist) fought Patriots Captured several dozen Including Governor
Thomas Burke Marched them to
Wilmington and gave them to the Brits
Burke escaped (Point for Brits)
Surrender at Yorktown Cornwallis ordered to
Virginia to win Washington and French
Allies were waiting Blocked Chesapeake
Bay to cut Cornwallis off from British Fleet
Large force of French and Patriots drove Cornwallis to Yorktown, VA
Nowhere to go, no help
Surrendered to George Washington
(Point for Patriots)
Independence Brits were causing
more trouble with war than fixing it
Loosing funding Others trying to take
control of other British empires all over the world
Decided to negotiate Signed Treaty of Paris
to formally end the war (100 points for Patriots)
Recovery War wrecked NC’s
economy/debt Many NC folks
killed Schools closed, no
regular paper 5 yrs, businesses failed
Wiped out farms as they passed
Debt Colonist didn’t have
money to pay taxes 1789- more than $3
million in debt $22,800,000 today Still had rich land
and optimistic citizens
Exports began again (naval stores,
lumber, tobacco)
New Capital Moved it to the center of the
state___?______ Bought 1,000 acres from
plantation owner Union Square, 8 streets
names after Judicial districts (Edenton, New Bern, Wilmington, Hillsboro, Halifax, Salisbury, Fayetteville, and Morgan.
Named other streets after themselves and other political leaders
Sold land to investors/ built NC’s first state house
Education Built state university
• Focus on science and philosophy
University of North Carolina
1795 had first student Hinton James
NC first state to enroll students in state university