Why was the campaign in the Southern colonies so difficult for the British?

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Yasmin Morrow

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2 January, 01:58

Why was the campaign in the Southern colonies so difficult for the British?

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Damaris Cohen · Answer 1

Explanation:Believing the loyalists were strongest in the South and hoping to enlist the slaves in their cause--an objective that seems incompatible with a focus on Southern loyalists--the British turned their efforts to the South. In fact, the British had some important military successes in the South.