https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy Password; yeetorbeyeeted en-us 2018-09-05 17:40:43 UTC 2025-11-25 17:18:45 UTC hello@padlet.com 1230012 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278115810 The Battle of Kings Mountain took place on October 7th 1780, and was considered a turning pint in the war. The colonists attacked the British by surprise. The British launched a desperate counter attack and were demolished. In only one hour and five minutes, the American totally decimated Ferguson's American Tories (Loyalists, Royalists), with every last man of them either dead or taken prisoner, and the Colonel himself left dead on the battlefield.]]> 2018-09-05 17:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278115810 1230012 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278116064 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-kings-mountain

https://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/kingsmountain.html
https://www.britishbattles.com/war-of-the-revolution-1775-to-1783/battle-of-kings-mountain/
https://www.ncpedia.org/kings-mountain-battle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kings_Mountain]]> 2018-09-05 17:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278116064 1230012 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278121579 2018-09-05 18:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278121579 1230012 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278122927 Patriots - Colonel William Campbell, Frederick Hambright, Cornwallis, Colonels Shelby, McDowell, Sevier, Williams, Lacey, Cleveland, Hambright and Winston.
Britain - Patrick Ferguson ]]> 2018-09-05 18:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278122927 1228907 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278128282 American leadership- Very effective, Surrounded the English, killed Ferguson, decimated the English.

English leadership- poor tried to break colonial lines, got himslef and a lot of men killed  ]]> 2018-09-05 18:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278128282 1230012 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278138016 The American troops met up with more American troops around Burke County. These extra troops helped the colonists surround the British.
 After being stopped by the rain for two days Cornwallis noticed that there was a leveled clearing on the mountain. He then wrote to another general in the hope that they would send more troops because he was convinced he could not be pushed off the mountain. Did not receive troops, lost the value. ]]> 2018-09-05 18:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278138016 1228907 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278478079  Responding to the British threat. The Patriots caught up with the Loyalists at King's Mountain near the border with south Carolina. Achieving a complete surprise, the Patriot militiamen attacked and surrounded the Loyalists, inflicting heavy casualties. ]]> 2018-09-06 15:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278478079 1228907 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278480694 Ferguson arrived in North Carolina in early September 1780 to recruit troops for the Loyalist militia and protect the flank of Lord Cornwallis's main force.  Ferguson issued a challenge to the rebel militias to lay down their arms. The rebels were clearly going to attack. Receiving intelligence on the oncoming attack, Ferguson decided to retreat to the safety of Lord Cornwallis' army. When the patriots attacked, the British tried to break their lines, it did not work, and Ferguson and co were killed. ]]> 2018-09-06 15:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278480694 1230012 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278481437 A decisive victory for the colonists, and a turning point in the war.]]> 2018-09-06 15:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278481437 1230012 https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278514332 The British did not have many resources. Their main resources was the troops, ammo, and land. The troops were lined up as they were moving up the hill making them easier to hit. Their ammo was used as needed wasn't really time to run out of ammo. The land was used extremely poorl]]> 2018-09-06 16:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1228907/fcriv53mesdy/wish/278514332