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