Revolutionary WarLeaders from South Carolina

Nurit’ Miller SextonArmstrong Elementary

3rd Grade

Reasons Colonist Wanted to Separate From England

• Quartering Act

Townshend Act

Currency Act

Stamp Act

Revolutionary War Begins

• 1775 Revolutionary War begins

• Paul Revere warns colonists

Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776

Leaders from South Carolina

• General Daniel Morgan

• Emily Geiger

• General Thomas Sumter

General Daniel Morgan

Battle of Cowpens

Gold Medal Awarded to General Morgan

Emily Geiger

Emily Geiger

• A brave woman

Messenger

Thomas Sumter

Emily Geiger

• Added to South Carolina State Seal

• “Hope Overcoming Dangers”

General Thomas Sumter

General Thomas Sumter

Battles

Hanging Rock

Blackstock

Manigualt’s Ferry

Ninety-Six

Tomb of General Thomas Sumter

United States Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• 1st 10 Amendments

• Freedoms

Credits

• All photos are courtesy of the Library of Congress

• And the American Memory Collection

• Frame 8 courtesy of South Carolina Information Highway• Frame 11 courtesy of

Biographical Directory of the U.S Congress