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The French began to send the Americans weapons to help them in the Revolution.
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After retreating from boston in 1776, the British took the battle to the middle colonies by attempting to seize New York.
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe ijoined forces and led an expeditionary force of 32,000 soldiers.
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Washington ralled 23,00 men in defense of new York but was vastly outnumbered and forced to retreat.
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By late fall, the Britsh pushed washingtons army all the way across the delaware into Penn. Fewer than 8,00 of washingtons men remained.
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After rowing boats across the frozed delaware, Washington set up for a final push christmas night to catch the enemy off guard and succeeded by killing 30 and capturing 918 hessians, which were mercenarys that fought for the british.
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Washingtons troops defeated another group of 1,200 british at princeton, and marched on to Morristown.
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General Howe began his campaign to capture the American capital of Philadelphia. Continental Congress fled and Washingtons troops failed to block them so the British succeeded in capturing Philidelphia.
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American troops forced Biritsh general Burgoyne to surrender at Saratoga.
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Valley Forge was the name of the camp where the Continental Army rested during the winter of 1777-1778. Patirots were underclothed and underfed and suffered from very harsh conditions.
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The French signed a treaty of Cooperation with the Americans to support the revolution.
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Friedrich von Steuben began to train American troops at Valley Forge.
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A french aristocrat by the name of Marquis de Lafayette also helped the Continental Army and later lobbied for French re-inforcements in 1779
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After Brisish are defeated at Saratoga they decide to move the battle to the south to gain support from loyalists.
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After moving south the British easily reclaimed Georgia and appointed a royal governer to command it.
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Generals Clinton and Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men to aid the British.
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Cornwallis and Charles won their biggest battle of the war by capturing Charles Town and taking 5,500 American POWs.
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French reinforcements sailed into Newport, RI and travleddown to Yorktown to assist the Americans.
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After Charles had left for New York, General Cornwallis continued to win many battles in the south with help from escaped slaves.
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Cornwallis' army defeated Americans in Camden, SC
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The much larger British Amry was defeated by the Americans in Cowpens, SC
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Cornwallis attacked American troops and defeated them, but lost 1/4 of his troops
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General Greene sent a letter to Lafayette asking for his help in battle
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Congress appointed Robert Morris, as Superintendant of Finance. Him and his associate Haym Salomon began to beg and borrow on their personal credit to pay the salaries of the Continental Army which caused much inflation.
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Morris and Salomon finally paid off the troops in gold coins on this date.
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The British surrendered to American forces after being cornered my American troops and the French Navy which cause the end of the revolution.
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Washington, French Generals, and their troops assembled to accept the Britsh's surrender
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France, Britian, America and Spain began to speak of peace once again.
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Delegates signed the Treaty of Paris which confirmed U.S. Independance andset its boarders.
