Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore proclaims that slaves who abandon their rebel masters and join the British army can earn their freedom. Dunmore attempts to recruit a loyalist army of both black and white Virginians. He fights a pitched battle at Kemp's Landing and Great Bridge. Unable to hold land, his forces retreat to ships offshore. At the end of 1775, the British also burn and abandon Norfolk.
In South Carolina, patriots attack and scatter loyalist militia around Ninty-Six i the western interior. They also fight with naval forces supporting Royal Governor Campbell in Charleston Harbor. Patriots succeed in forcing the navy to leave the colony as well.
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Episode 027: Prime Minister Pitt Falls from Power
Episode 026: The Townshend Acts
Episode 025: Tensions Simmer
Episode 024: Stamp Act Repeal and Declaratory Act
Episode 023: The Stamp Act Congress
Episode 022: The Stamp Act and Quartering Act of 1765
Episode 021: The Colonies React to Taxes
Episode 020: The Sugar Act & Currency Act of 1764
Episode 019: Suppressing the Indians
Episode 018: Pontiac's War
Episode 017: Parsons Cause, Bishops, and Trade
Episode 016: Treaty of Paris & Wilkes Affair
Episode 015: Cherokee Uprising, Fighting in West Indies & Spain joins the War.
Episode 014: Canada Becomes British & Britain Gets King George III
Episode 013: The Battle of Quebec
Episode 012: The Fall of Forts Duquesne, Niagara, and Carillon
Episode 011: Louisbourg, Frontenac, & Treaty of Easton
Episode 010: New British Strategy & Attack on Fort Carillon
Episode 009: Fort William Henry Massacre & Rise of William Pitt
Episode 008: Surrender of Fort Oswego
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