- 
  
  France secretly sends weapons to the colonists.
- 
  
  British Retreat from Boston.
- 
  
  Howe sails to NY
- 
  
  Americans retreat in NY
- 
  
  Washington and Army sail across the icey Delaware river in small row boats.
- 
  
  Washington and his men march 9 miles to Trenton, NJ
- 
  
  Continental army stayed valley forge.
 1777-1778
- 
  
  Victory for colonists against British at Princeton.
- 
  
  Howe begins to campaign to seize American capital.
- 
  
  Howe lands in the capital
- 
  
  Burgyone surrenders his army to continental army general, Gates.
- 
  
  France agrees to help the colonists.
- 
  
  Soldiers being to train and learn how to fight.
- 
  
  British move south.
- 
  
  The British take Savanah, Georgia.
- 
  
  Lafayette joins the continental army.
- 
  
  Britain Captures Charleston, South Carolina.
- 
  
  French army lands in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 
  
  Cornwallis beat American forces in Camden.
- 
  
  The Continental Army force british to surrender.
- 
  
  Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette asking for help.
- 
  
  Congress Appoints Robert Morris, super intendent of finance.
- 
  
  Robert Morris raises enough money to pay the troops a salary.
- 
  
  Cornwallis surrenders in Yorktown.
- 
  
  British surrender in Yorktown, Virginia.
- 
  
  Troops assemble to accept British surrender.
- 
  
  The Treaty Of Paris Is signed
