Why was the Battle of Kettle Creek an important victory for the patriots?
A. It was the only battle in which a formerly enslaved person participated.
B. It inspired future war hero Elijah Clarke to join the militia.
C. It convinced France to support an alliance with the Americans.
D. It encouraged the patriots to keep fighting.
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The victory was the only significant Patriot victory in Georgia and delayed the consolidation of British control in the largely Loyalist colony. In 1780, Colonel John Dooly was murdered at his log cabin home on his Georgia plantation by South Carolina Loyalists.
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