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battle of bunker hill
a shocker to the british army, rebels able to hold off and kill a large amount of british soldiers before running out of gunpowder and supplies. -
delaration of independence
stating that all men are created equal, tells the king all the ways they've been treated bad and that theyre done with it. -
battle of long island
british attempt to cut off new england from the rest of the colonies, huge embarresment for washingtom. results in brtish capture of new york and britatin. -
General william howe
was a British army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British forces -
general john burgoyne
British army officer -
shift in warfare
Washington knew they couldn’t fight a “gentlemen’s warfare fought differently, changed warfare forever, essentially surpirse attacks and not "orderly" combat -
battle at trenton
during Christmas night, washington crosses the Delaware river surprising the soldiers and taking them hostage
-only 1 hour long
-unclear winner -
Battle of Saratoga
in philidelphia, Huge turning point in the war due too burgoynes surrender, -
Valley Forge
military camp of the americans in Philadelphia Starvation, disease, and exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers -
treaty of alliance
france pledges military support for America, in return wanted the French authority of territory in the carribean -
baron von steuban
in charge of training US soldiers, created first military manual for the american army -
Nathanael Green
famous for well provisioned men takes from country men, but repaid those who they took from promoted to general to quartermaster by Washington- issultwas able to make a system for provisions
promoted to major general -
spanish join the war on the american side
the spanish navy starts to push the british navy up to new england, wanted florida back -
british henry clinton
Takes command of britsh troops after Howe -
the southern campaign
british plan under henry clinton, to takeover the southern colinies \
resulted in the takeover of savannah -
philipsburg proclamation
declared that any slave who left would be granted freedom, land and protection form great britatin -
General Cornwallis
assumes control of british army -
Brtitish takeover of Charles town
Taken over by British because major, major port and “safe haven” -
guilford courthouse
British force under the command of General Charles Cornwallis defeated Nathanael Greene's The British Army, however, sustained such heavy casualties that the result was a strategic victory for the Americans. -
Yorktown
following guilford courthouse, cornwallis retreats to virginia. in a last effort george washington tricks the britsh army in thinking there will attack in new york, however washington is moving his troops surrounding to the british, with the help of the french navy -
treaty of paris
following yorktown, great britain formally reconized american independence adn relinquished its claims on land.
