Teacher Resources
Beaufort
Inquiry Question
What does freedom mean when it is offered as a military incentive rather than a moral principle?
Primary Sources
What Teachers and Students Use
Lieutenant Governor William Bull II Papers: Beaufort District Correspondence, 1774-1776
PRIMARY · South Carolina Department of Archives and History
5 analysis prompts
Beaufort District Committee of Safety Records, 1775-1776
PRIMARY · South Carolina Historical Society
5 analysis prompts
Royal Navy Logs: Port Royal Station, 1779-1782
PRIMARY · Public Record Office (National Archives, United Kingdom)
5 analysis prompts
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor: Revolutionary Era Resources
INSTITUTIONAL · National Park Service / Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission
5 analysis prompts
Pension Applications: Beaufort District Militia, 1820s-1840s
PRIMARY · National Archives and Records Administration
5 analysis prompts
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Lesson Plan
In the Classroom
Learning Objectives
- 1Students will explain the Philipsburg Proclamation and analyze who it applied to, what it promised, and what its limitations were
- 2Students will trace the decisions made by enslaved people in the Beaufort Sea Islands in response to the British presence
- 3Students will identify the range of outcomes for people who sought British lines and evaluate why outcomes varied
- 4Students will assess what enslaved agency during the Revolution reveals about the war's social dimensions and the limits of the "freedom" narrative
Explore Further
Beaufort in the Knowledge Graph
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Comparative Study
Connected Towns
The corroborate prompts in the student packet point to these towns. Teachers can assign cross-town comparisons.
Eutaw Springs
SHARED THEME
Francis Marion's partisan network, which fed intelligence to Greene before Eutaw Springs, operated throughout the lowcountry including the Beaufort district; the same geographic landscape connected both stories.
Charleston
GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY
Low Country communities affected by the same British occupation.
Savannah
GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY
Coastal communities between Charleston and Savannah.
Assessment
Beaufort in the American Revolution
Answer the following questions based on our study of Revolutionary history. · 5 questions · Answer key in Teacher Guide PDF
What makes Beaufort significant in Revolutionary history?
multiple choice
Primary sources are documents or objects created during the time period being studied.
true false
Name one event that occurred in Beaufort during the Revolutionary period and explain its significance.
short answer
+ 2 more in the full quiz PDF
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