South Carolina was outraged over British tax policies in the 1760s that violated what they saw as their constitutional right to "no taxation without representation". Merchants joined the boycott again
British General Henry Clinton
Portrait of Banastre Tarleton by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Gathering of Overmountain Men at Sycamore Shoals, by Lloyd Branson, depict Overmountain Men en route to their victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780
Battle of Cowpens, 1781
Christopher Gadsden
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Christopher Gadsden was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a brig
Portrait by Jeremiah Theus, c. 1760-1770
National Park Service marker depicting Gadsden's Wharf
Christopher Gadsden built the three-story house at 329 East Bay Street.