Why is the Battle of Kings Mountain considered the most significant battle of the Southern campaign of the American Revolution? A) The battle ended the alliance between the Creek Indians and the Loyalist militia. B) It gave the Patriot militia a stronghold from which they could lay siege to Loyalist-occupied Savannah. C) The Patriot victory over the Loyalist militia forced General Cornwallis to abandon his plan to invade North Carolina. D) General Cornwallis forced the surrender of Patriot forces in the South, which allowed the British to focus on the offensive in the North.