 Kuedza kweBritain kudzorera kudzora makoloni ayo anopandukira muAmerican Revolutionary War kuburikidza ne zano rekumaodzanyemba rekuwana kutonga pamusoro pemakoloni ekumaodzanyemba uye kuenda kuchamhembe kwakatanga mukupera kwa1779 nekutora Savannah, Georgia. Pakutanga kwa1781, Georgia neSouth Carolina dzaiva pasi pehutongi hweBritain, mauto maviri eContinental akanga atorwa kana kuti akundwa, uye General Lord Cornwallis akanga achidzingirira wechitatu, aitungamirirwa naGeneral Nathanael Greene, kubva kuNorth Carolina. Greene, ane uto duku uye rinotakurika, akanga apinda munjodzi yekuparadzanisa mauto ake pane imwe nguva, uye akawana mubayiro wekukunda kwaDaniel Morgan pamusoro peCornwallis main cavalry force, inotungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, paHondo yeCowpens muna Ndira 1781. 