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The British took the city of Savannah.
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Seeking to defend against attacks on the frontier, Virginia sent George Rogers Clark and a militia force to strike British forts beyond the Appalachian Mountains in 1778.
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The most famous naval battle took place off the coast of England in 1779.
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Early in 1779, Clark and his men trudged across 200 miles, at times splashing through icy floodwaters up to their chests.
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Spain declared war aganist Britian in 1779, Louisiana governor Beranardo De Galvez began helping the Americans.
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Patriot fortunes began to improve in October 1780. Some 900 frontiers fighters defeated a large force of British troops and Loyalists atop Kings Mountain in South Carolina.
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The Americans and French lined up in two facing colums. The British marched glumly between the two columns and tossed their weapons into a large pile on the ground. The victory at Yorktown was the last major battle of the war.
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Peace talks began in Paris in 1782.
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Congress approved the treaty. The war was officially over. It had been almost excatly eight years since the "shot heard round the world" started the fighting at Lexington.
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Washington and his ranking offficers were reuntied for one last meal together at Fraunces Tavern in New York City.
