War

BARRATT Alissa Popo Rev. War

By apopo95
  • Retreat from Boston

    The British retreat from from to the middle states.
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    Forces Assemble

    The British aseemble an expeditionary force with 32000 soliders.
  • Defeat in New York

    The British defeat the colonists. They get scared and runaway.
  • Pushed Back

    Bristish push Washington and his army across the Delaware river. Most of them had been killed and fewer than 8000 men remained.
  • Allies with the French

    Allies with the French
    The French start to help teh Americans out by sending them weapons.
  • Christmas Night

    Christmas Night
    Washington and his troops surprise attack the Hessians and it ends in a VICTORY.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Washington and his men march 9 miles through sleet and snow to Trenton. The hessians had drank too much and werent ready for them. The Americans killed 30 and captured 918 enemies.
  • Another Victory

    8 days after beatig the Bristish the Americnans went back at it. They faced 1200 British at Princeton. Washington stop at a winter camp near Morristown.
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    Fighting for Philadelpiha

    Howe gathered his men to seize the capital of America, Philadelphia. Washington was unable to hold off the red coasts. The british captured Philly.
  • Saratoga

    American troop surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga making him surrender to Gen. Gates.
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    Valley Forge

    Valley Foge is a camp where the colonists wait out the winter in the freezing cold.
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    An American Victory

    During this time at Valley Forge no one would have thought that the Americans could ever be the all powerfull British.
  • Transformation

    Washington and his men began an amazing transformation. Friedrich von Steuben volunteer his services to help make his boys into men.
  • Treaty with French

    The French recognizzed the Americans independence and signedan alliance with them
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    Moving South

    After the defeat at Saratoga the Britishbegin to move South.
  • Robert Morris

    The Congress appointed a rich Philadelphia merchant, Robert Morris as Superintendent of Finace.
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    Savannah, Georgia

    The British easily took over Sanannah Georgia.
  • Marquis de Lafayette

    A young brave French aristocrat has also offered his assitance to the Americans.
  • Gen. Clinton & Charles Cornwallis

    General Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8500 men.
  • Charles Town, South Carolina

    The British captured Charles Town of South Carolina and marched 5500 American Soldiers off as POW.
  • Smashing Forces

    Cornwallis's Army had smashed forces with the Americans at Camden, South Carolina.
  • Many Forts

    Within 3 months the Britsh made forts across the state.
  • French Arrive

    A french army of 6000 arrived in Rhode Island and the british didnt notice because they were preoccupied with the south
  • Contintenal Army fight back

    The british expected the Americans to flee however the Continental Army fought back and forced the red-coats to surrender.
  • Letter of Help

    Greene was worried about the fight for south he decided to write a letter of help to Lafayette.
  • Pay Day

    On this day the troops were finally paid in speice, gold coins.
  • The White Flag

    The White Flag
    Outnumbered, and exhausted Cornwallis finally waved the white flag and surrendered.
  • Yorktown

    Colonel William Fontaine of the militia of Virgina stood with the American and French armies across a road near Yorktown, to watch the British surrender.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Deegate sign the Treaty of Paris which confirms U.S.'s inpendence and sets boundries of the new nation.