Critical Thinking Questions  
 
 
 
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War in the Lower South, 1780-1781
 
 
Why was the Deep South so vulnerable to British advances in 1780 and 1781?




Explain Cornwallis’s strategy in the Deep South campaign.




Assess the Continental "victory" at Guilford Court House, especially why victory on the battlefield is often secondary to an army’s larger goals.