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Standard 4.2.CX

4.2.CX Contextualize South Carolina’s role in the development of the
new nation....

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

French and Indian War, Part 2 | History In A Nutshell

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Grades: 4 8

Part two briefly outlines the French and Indian War. After England officially declares war on France in 1756, this marks the beginning of both the French and Indian War, and the Seven Years War...

French and Indian War, Part 1 | History In A Nutshell

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Grades: 4 8

Although the French and Indian War began officially in 1756, rising tension and engagements between British and French colonists happened years prior. With the English, French, and Native Americans...

Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko | Ninety Six

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Grades: 4 8

Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian military engineer and a military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States. During the Siege of Ninety...

General Nathanael Greene | Ninety Six

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Grades: 5 8

Even though General Nathaniel Greene's army suffered a defeat at the hands of General Cornwallis at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Greene's army was largely still intact. Cornwallis moved his army...

The Fife And Drum | Guilford Courthouse

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Grades: 4 8

The fife and drum played a crucial role during the American Revolution. They were used as tools for commanders to communicate with their troops. Fifes and drums were much easier to use for relaying...

Common Diseases In The Revolutionary War | Guilford Courthouse

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Grades: 4 8

Diseases such as Smallpox, Dysentery, and Malaria, were commonly suffered by Colonial and British soldiers alike, during the American Revolution. Given the close-quarters environments of army...

Lt General Charles Earl Cornwallis | Guilford Courthouse

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Grades: 4 8

Lieutenant General Charles Earl Cornwallis was appointed by General Henry Clinton to lead the Southern Campaign when Clinton returned to New York. Determined to destroy General Nathaniel Greene's army...

General Nathanael Greene | Guilford Courthouse

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Grades: 4 8

In the fall of 1780, George Washington appointed General Nathanael Greene to command the Continental army in the South. Following the victory at the Battle of Cowpens, Lt. General Charles Earl...

Charles Pinckney Overview | Powder Magazine Museum

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Grades: 4 8

Dr. Walter Edgar, speaking from the steps of Snee Farm, Charles Pinckney's country estate, recounts to school children the public life and service of Charles Pinckney. Included in this discussion are...

Snee Farm Tour, Part 1 | Powder Magazine Museum

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Grades: 4 8

Mrs. Ann Edwards talks to children about the life of Charles Pinckney and his love of his estate, Snee Farm. Mrs. Edwards highlights Charles Pinckney's service during the Revolutionary War, his public...

Snee Farm Tour, Part 2 | Powder Magazine Museum

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Grades: 4 8

Mrs. Ann Edwards continues her discussion of the life of Charles Pinckney focusing specifically on Pinckney's accomplishments in state and federal government after the Revolutionary War. Of special...

Ninety Six: End Game | The Southern Campaign

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Grades: 4 8 11

Ninety Six was a small frontier town near Greenwood, South Carolina—an essential part of the geography of British strongholds designed to seal off Charleston and the low country from French, Spanish...

Guilford Courthouse | The Southern Campaign

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Grades: 4 8

The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought on March 15, 1781. This battle decided the outcome for the Carolinas because even though Cornwallis won, technically, he lost 25% of his force.

Kings Mountain: The Turn of the Tide of Success | The Southern Campaign

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Grades: 4 8

Kings Mountain is a rocky wooded hill on the border of North and South Carolina. On October 7, 1780, a thousand patriots surrounded and attacked the British troops and Loyalist soldiers. This battle...

Musgrove Mill | The Southern Campaign

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Grades: 4 8

August 19th 1780, three days after the Battle of Camden, another battle was fought. British Provincials from Ninety Six were camped near Edward Musgrove’s grist mill on the Enoree River, with many...

Camden: Defeat and Destruction | The Southern Campaign

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Grades: 4 8

On August 16, 1780, General Horatio Gates' army, joined by militia men from North Carolina and Virginia, marched south toward the British outpost in Camden, South Carolina. At the same time, Lt...

Brattonsville

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Grades: 4 8

After the crushing defeat at Waxhaws, the people of the South Carolina back country had a decision to make. Were they “Tories”—loyal to the crown; or would they become “Whigs” or “partisans” and fight...

Waxhaws: Blood in the Backcountry | The Southern Campaign

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Grades: 4 8

The War for American independence began well for patriots in the South. In the city of Charles Town, South Carolina (known as “Charleston” after the war)—an unfinished palmetto fort remarkably...

Cowpens: A Brilliant Victory | The Southern Campaign

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Grades: 4 8

General Daniel Morgan’s battle plan at Cowpens was considered a masterpiece of military strategy and tactics. In Fall of 1780, General Nathaniel Greene sent a portion of his men under Morgan to fight...

Charleston Forts, Part 1

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Grades: 4 8

The story of the three forts that have defended our coast, from the time of our settlers through the World War II, is told in the episode of Project Discovery. At the beginning of the American...

General Daniel Morgan | Cowpens

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Grades: 4 8

General Nathaniel Greene sent a portion of his men under General Daniel Morgan to fight the British in western South Carolina. In response, Lt. General Charles Earl Cornwallis sent Lt. Colonel...

General Nathanael Greene | Cowpens

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Grades: 4 8

In the fall of 1780, George Washington appointed General Nathanael Greene to command the Continental army in the South. From North Carolina, Greene sent a portion of his men under General Daniel...

Colonel Elijah Clarke | Musgrove Mill

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Grades: 4 8

Colonel Elijah Clarke was the leader of the Wilkes County, Georgia militia. He along with Col. Isaac Shelby, leader of the Overmountain men militia, and Col James Williams, leader of the Little River...

Captain John Sevier | Kings Mountain

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Grades: 4 8

After the patriot's victory at the Battle of Camden, under the direction of Major Patrick Ferguson , British Provincials and Loyalist solders were sent to suppress Patriot activity in the mountains...