Context: On June 28, 1776, General Sir Henry Clinton along with 2,000 men and a naval squadron tried to seize Charles Towne, hoping for a simultaneous Loyalist uprising in South Carolina. When the fleet fired cannonballs, they failed to penetrate Fort Sullivan's unfinished, yet thick, palmetto-log walls. No local Loyalists attacked the town from the mainland side, as the British had hoped they would do. Col. Moultrie's men returned fire and inflicted heavy damage on several of the British ships. The British were forced to withdraw their forces, and the Americans renamed the defensive installation as Fort Moultrie in honor of its commander.

Question: Which general tried to seize Charles Town during the American Revolution?
Answer: General Sir Henry Clinton

Question: When did General Clinton attack South Carolina?
Answer: June 28, 1776

Question: Who was the commander of the American forces defending South Carolina?
Answer: Col. Moultrie

Question: What was the British hoping to inspire by their attack on Charles Town?
Answer: a simultaneous Loyalist uprising

Question: Fort Sullivan was renamed  what after the battle?
Answer: Fort Moultrie

Question: Which general tried to seize Charles Town before the American Revolution?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did General Clinton attack North Carolina?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who was the commander of the American forces defending North Carolina?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was the British hoping to inspire by their defense of Charles Town?
Answer: Unanswerable