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What significant event prompted France to enter the Revolutionary War?
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Imagine it's November 8th, 1780, in Clarendon County, South Carolina. You're the widow of a patriot general, and you're standing over the stove in your kitchen while British Cavalry Commander Bannister Tarleton interrogates you. You swallow your fear and try to concentrate on the meal Tarleton demanded you cook for him and his men. He stands over your shoulder, watching you closely. "'I'll ask you again, ma'am. Where is Francis Marion?' Yesterday, your son warned the Patriot guerrilla leader, Francis Marion, that Tarleton was planning to ambush him. But you can't let Tarleton know that. You drop some carrots into the pot and then steal a glance at your children, who cower at the table, nervously eyeing Tarleton's men.
I told you I know nothing of his movements. How do you like your potatoes? Don't lie to me. We know you passed information to him. He and the rotten scoundrels he calls a militia could not have escaped without help. How about I roast the potatoes? That's enough! Tarleton turns sharply to his men. "'Drive all the sheep and cattle into the barn. Lock the doors and then set it ablaze.' "'No, you can't!' "'Try and stop me, treacherous woman. You're going to pay for this. Please, just leave us. Have your supper, then go. I'm not going anywhere until you tell me Marion's location. I swear to you I don't know where he is.' Tarleton looks at you with disgust, then whirls around to his men. "'Take her outside. Flog her until she gives up the information we need.'
Two soldiers seize your arms. You struggle, twisting hard enough to drive your heel into one man's shin. He loosens his grip for half a second, but it's not enough. They haul you toward the door as your children look on in terror. You call out to them.
Look away. Don't come outside. It's gonna be all right. I'll be fine.
But the words ring hollow as the soldiers drag you away. When your husband marched off to battle five long years ago, you never imagined the savage brutality the war would unleash or that it would invade your very home. But now it seems like there's nothing the war won't touch, no boundary the British won't cross.
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In the fall of 1780, British Lieutenant Colonel Bannister Tarleton terrorized the South Carolina countryside while pursuing the Patriot guerrilla leader Francis Marion. He torched 30 plantations and had his men beat a war widow for refusing to reveal Marion's whereabouts.
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