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General Marion A Revolutionary Tactician During The Revolutionary

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General Marion a Revolutionary Tactician During the Revolutionary War
During the revolutionary war American military officers had to evolve their tactics in order to out maneuver the large British forces to win the war. General Francis Marion would become known as one of the more famous revolutionist of his time. “Taxes imposed by the Crown were enacted to recoup expenditures from the French and Indian War, but the American colonist despised the British authorities for their heavy-handed tactics” (Savas & Dameron, 2006). Within the three years prior to revolution, the British government imposed the Sugar Act, Currency Act, and Quartering Act upon the American colonists. The Massachusetts House of Representatives denounced further taxing …show more content…

Most of the Cherokee nation of an estimated 10,000 people favored the British. However, there was a segment of the population that held the French in higher regard. This was based primarily on their trade relations and the fact that the British had established four settlements deep in Cherokee hunting grounds. The tensions between the British and Cherokee were further inflamed by an accidental massacre when a group of Cherokee warriors were mistaken for those of another tribe. A call went out for British reinforcements and the desire for South Carolina to send its own militia. It was in this militia that Lieutenant Marion now served.
As Cherokee Warriors lay in ambush along a narrow pass Lieutenant Marion’s South Carolina Ranger Company was chosen to lead the way. Marion’s unite was moving north when met by a force of approximately a thousand Cherokees. His unit took severe casualties but cleared a way for the main force to continue its advance.
The French and Indian War had done several important things. It cleared the French from North America, establishing the British Empire. It trained colonist in the ways of war by teaching them how to fight for a unified cause, and it created the circumstance that would spark the American Revolution. The actions of the British following the war including taxation to pay for the war, the quartering of troops, restrictions on trade

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