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A little help
The french had been secretly sending weapons to the Patriots because they were still bitter about losing the French & Indian war. -
British Retreat
The British retreat from Boston, moving most of the war into the middle states -
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British move to New York
The British enter new York with 32,000 men, which was the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled. They later siezed New York in late August -
American Retreat
Geroge Washington and his men are forced to retreat from New York, after being vastly outnumbered by the British and Hessians. -
Surprise attack
Genaral Washington led his men across the freezing Deleware river to plan a surprise attack on the British. -
Hessians caught off guard
Washington leads his men into hessian camp and they kill 30, take 918 captive, and steal 6 Hessian cannons -
Deadline
This was when the terms of enlistment wouldve run out for Washingtons men had he not won a few battles right before the 31st -
Another Victory
Washington leads his men into Princeton 8 days after the christmas surprise attack and defeats a British troop of 1,200 stationed there. The momentum was beginning to change in the Americans favor. -
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Howe's Campaign
british general Howe begins a campaign to sieze the American capital in Philadelphia. -
British capture
The British capture the American capital in Philadelphia. General Howe has support from the loyalists that were there -
Battle at Saratoga
a large group of American troops surround British general Burgoyne at Saratoga, forcing him to surrender. -
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Winter at Valley Forge
General Washington and his men were forced to spend a freezing cold winter in Valley forge outside of Philadelphia. while the British were relaxing in nice warm homes, the colonists had to struggle to survuve in freezing weather with huddling together and small fires being the only source of warmth. -
Alliance
The french sign an alliance treaty with America and recognized their independence. The french said they would not cooperate with the British unless theyd declared American independence too. -
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moving south
The British begin to move their operations south, hoping to rally loyalist support down there -
British capture
The British esaily capture Savannah, Georgia -
Governor
British government once again commanded Georgia -
lafayette leads
Marquis de Lafayette leads a command in Virginia during the war -
South sailing
British general Henry Clinton sails south looking to capture land and soldiers -
5,000 pows
The British capture 5,000 american soldiers as prisioners of war. -
Americans smashed
Cornwallis' army dominates america in an easy victory and establishes forts in the state over 3 months time. -
British surrender
Natanel Green leads a troop into Copens, Sotuh Carolina and forces the British to surrender. -
American defeat
Cornwallis gets revenge on green 2 months later, but lost about one quarter of his troops in the process. -
letter for help
Nathanel Green writes a letter to Marquis de Lafayette asking for his military help -
New Financer
Congress appoints Robert Morris as superintendedt of finance. They raised alot of money for troops -
payment
troops are paid in gold coins -
Cornwallis surrender
After being vastly outnumbered, Cornwallis is forced to finally surrender -
formal surrender
Americans and French gather together to witness the offical british surrender -
gathering
troops assemble for surrender -
peace talks
Peace talks begin in Paris -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris is signed, which firmed the Untied States independence
