sentences:  In 1680, the settlement was relocated to the Charleston peninsula, in-between the Ashley and Cooper rivers.The area of the original settlement's location has been preserved as a state historic site known as Charles Towne Landing.A few skirmishes took place there in the American Revolution during which time parts the area faced occupied by British forces, specifically at Rantowles Creek, where William Washington defeated cavalry forces under Banastre Tarleton, and at Old St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church during the 1780 Siege of Charleston conducted by the British.