CHAPTER 16 INDEPENDENCE
157.Fall of Charleston ,1780
It seemed quite certain that Clinton could not conquer the Northern states with the forces given him . In the South there were many loyalists . Resistance might not be so stiff there . At all events Clinton decided to attempt the conquest of the South . Savannah was easily seized (1778), and the French and Americans could not retake it (1779). In the spring of
1780, Clinton , with a large army , landed on the coast between Savannah and Charleston . He marched overland to Charleston and be - sieged it from the land side . The Americans held out for a long time . But they were finally forced to surrender . Clinton then sailed back to New York , and left to Lord Cornwalis the further conquest of the Carolinas .
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