[muawiyah]

There were numerous battles later on. That's an initial battle that involved "Loyalists" ~ probably gave the Brits the idea they could bring in "more of their kind" and give them land in South Carolina.

Doesn't mean the Brits didn't give away land in North Carolina, but South Carolina was less developed at the time ~

South Carolina had what amounted to a civil war in the midst of the Revolution.

[DeaconBenjamin]

Great book on the subject: Partisans & Redcoats, by Walter Edgar. He claims the turning point in the war was the battle of "Huck's Defeat."