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the french secretly send weapons to the patriots after the bitterness from their defeat by the british in the french and indian war
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british had retreated from boston moving the theater of the war to the middle states
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General Howe and admiral Howe join forces on Staten Island and sailed into the New York harbor
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Michael Graham a Continental Army volunteer described the chaotic withdrawl
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british had pushed Washington's army across the Delaware river into Pennsylvania
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washington resolved to risk everything on one bold strike against the hessians
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washington's men march nine miles through sleet and snow to trenton, new jersey
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fewer than eight thousand men remained under washington's comman and their enlistment ended on this date
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americans were rallied by another victory against 1,200 british stationed at princeton
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general howe began his campaign to seize the american capital at philadelphia
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massed american troops finally surrounded burgoyne at saratoga where he surrenderede his battered army to general gates
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valley forge outside of pennsylvania served as the site of the Continental Army's camp
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the french recognized american independence and signed an alliance of cooperation with the americans
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in the midst of the frozen winter at valley forge the american troops began a transformation
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british change their military strategy
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a british expedition easily took savannah, georgia
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marquis de lafayette joined washington's staff and lobbied for french backups in france and led a command in virginia
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a royal governor once again commanded georgia
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general henry clinton, who had replaed howe in new york, along with general charles cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men.
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the british capture charles town, south carolina and marched 5,500 american soldiers off as prisoners of war
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cornwallis's army smashed american forces ar camden, south carolina
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the british establisged forts across tge state of south carolina
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when the forces met at cowpens, south carolina, the british expected the outnumbered americans to flee but the continental army fought back, and forced the redcoats to surrender
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the congress appoint a rich philadelphia merchant named robert morris as superintendent of finance
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greene had weakened the british, so he wrote a letter to lafayette asking for help
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due to morris and solomon the troops were finally paid in specie or gold coin
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with cornwallis's troops outnumbered by more than two to one and texhausted from constant shelling, cornwallis finally surrendered with a white flag.
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virginia militia stood with the american and french armies lining a road near yorktown, virginia to witness the formal british surrender. washington, french generals and their troops assembled to accept the british surrender
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peace talks begin in paris
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the delegates signed the treaty of paris, which confirmed U.S independence and set boundaries of the new nation
