In November of 1780 Cornwallis himself took notice of the impact that Marion was having on British supply lines and troop movements. He personally ordered Tarleton to take an entire brigade of redcoats and sweep the wilderness around Williamsburg until Marion was found and captured. Tarleton began his campaign by assaulting Williamsburg to try and draw Marion out but all it did was inspire other militia forces to rise up against him. In the ensuing Battle of Black Mingo, Tarleton fought against a localized uprising of armed American colonists and Marion’s Raiders who joined the battle halfway through. As soon as Marion revealed himself, Tarleton broke off the assault on the town and chased after the American Colonel with all he had. Marion, outnumbered, retreated into the swamps of southwestern South Carolina and led the British on a long and punishing chase. 1. How did Tarleton draw Marion out and how did Marion respond?

Francis Marion only engaged the British when he had the advantage, frequently drawing them into ambushes in the swamps.

2. Should Marion have just fought Tarleton outright?

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the vast majority of ballots have been counted nearly two weeks after one of the biggest political upsets in modern u.s. history catapulted donald trump to the presidency.

estimates show more than 58 percent of eligible voters went to the polls during the 2016 election, nearly breaking even with the turnout rate set during the last presidential election in 2012, even as the final tallies in states like california continue to be calculated, according to statistics collected by the u.s. elections project.

but among those figures were stark contrasts in key states that swing the election to trump — in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, michigan and elsewhere — indicating the president-elect’s leap from long-shot candidate to the most powerful political position in the world may have happened in part because of apathy toward hillary clinton’s candidacy, especially among the democratic base, several political scientists and organizations monitoring voter turnout told the pbs newshour.

while clinton is leading the popular vote by more than 1.5 million over trump as of sunday, she trails president obama’s 2012 totals by more than 2 million ballots — a chasm that may have cost her the election, said david becker, co-founder of the center for election and innovation and research.

“several million voters didn’t come out to vote,” becker said. “which is telling me that this idea of the trump wave, a huge number of voters shifting over to trump, is certainly not the story.”