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The French begin secretly sending weapons to the patriots.
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The British had retreated from Boston, moving the theater of war to the Middle States.
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Two brothers, General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe, joined forces on Staten Island and sailed in New York Harbor.
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The battle for New York ended with an Americian retreat following heavy losses
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The British had pushed Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania.
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On Christmas night George Washington had led 2400 me in small rowboats across the ice-choked Delaware River.
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The 2400 men marched 9 miles through sleet and snow to Trenton, New Jersey. A suprise attack, killing 30 men and took 918 captive and six hessian cannons,
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America won against 1200 British at Princeton.
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General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philedephia. He captured it and settled with loyalist after.
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Massed American troops finally surrounded General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates. Changed British's war strategy!
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Albigense Waldo worked as a surgeon at Valley Forge outside Philadephia which served as the site of the Continental Army's camp.
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The French recognized American Independence and signed an alliance with the Americans.
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A prussian captain name, Fredrich von Steuben, volunteered his service to General George Washington. He taught colonial soldier to stand at attention, reload quickly, execute field maneuver. He made the Continental Army on effective fighting force.
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British began going down South of the colonies.
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Britain easily took Savannah, Georgia.
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Marquise de Lafayette, french aristocrat, joined George Washington staff, helping out the colonies.
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A royal governor once again commanded Georgia.
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General Henry Clinton had replace General Howe in New York.
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A French army of 6000 had landed on Newport, Rhode Island.
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Cornwallis succeeded. Britain was joined by thousand of African Americans, that were trying to gain their freedom.
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The British captured Charles Town, South Carolina and marched 5,500 American soldier out as prisoners.
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Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina.
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Congress appointed a rich Philedephia merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finace. Hime and Salomon raised money to provide salaries for the Continental Army.
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Britain and America met at Camden, South Carolina. The Continental Army fought back and forced the redcoats to surrender.
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Cornwallis attacks Greene at Gulford House, North Carolina. Cornwallis won but it cost him nearly 1/4 of the redcoats.
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Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for help because he worried about the south.
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Troops were finally getting paid in species, or gold coins.
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Britain was outnumbered because the French and Americans joined forces. Cornwallis finally surrendered in Yorktown.
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Colonel William Fontaine of the Virginia militia stood with the American and French armies in Yorktown, Virginia. The American Revolution had finally ended.
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In Paris, representies of the U.S, Great Britain, France & Spain agreed for peace and to go their seperate ways.
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Delagates signed the Treaty of Paris, confirming U.S independence!
