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The French Alliance with Americans
With the french still heated from the french and indian war they had noticed independence for the americans and they had sectretly been given weapons to the patriots so they could defeat the british. -
The Middle States
The british retreated from boston and moved the war to the middle states as part of a grand plan to stop the rebeliion by isolating new angland -
The Blood Brothers
Two brothers william and admiral richard howe joined forces on staten island and sailed into new york harbor with the largest british expeditionary force ever assembled -
Battle of New York ended
Was the end of the Battle of New York, with an american retreat following heavy losses -
Describing the choas
Following the heavy losses a continental volunteer named michael graham described how the battle of new york ended -
Across the Delaware River
The British had pushed washingtons army across the delaware river into pennsylvania where most american were either deserted, killed, or captured -
Deck the Halls
Washington takes a big risk leading 2,400 men in a small rowboats across the ice-choked delaware river toward trenton -
Gotta pay your rent
Fewer then 8,000 men remained under washingtons command, and the terms of their enlistment were due to end -
The British Surrendered
Massed americans troops finally surrounded bungoyne at saratoga, where general howe surrended his army to general gates -
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Where is waldo?
Albigense Waldo worked as a Surgeon at valley Forge outside Philadelphia which served as the site of the continental army camp -
The French alliance part 2
The French recognized the indepedence of the americans and signed a treaty with them and agreed not to be alliance with the british until they recognized the american independence as well -
Trnasforming into real soldiers
American troops began a amazing transformation as Fredrich Von Steuben prussian captain and talented drillmaster volunteered his services to general washington to train his men -
Moving downtown
The british began to shift their operations to the south there, the british hoped to rally loyalist support reclaim their former colonies in the region, and then slowly fight their way back north -
putting a lock on georgia
a royal governer once agian commanded georgia -
a young man being brave
A young Lafayette joined washingtons staff, and bore the misary of valley forge. Lobbied for french reinforcments in france -
the expected to be wrong
Cowpens, south carolina. The british expected the outnumbered americans to flee; but the continental army fought back and forced the redcoats to surrender -
replacing howe
General henry clinton, who had replaced howe in new york, along with ambitious general charles cormwills sailed wouth with 8,500 men -
capturing charles town
british captured charles town, south carolina and marched 5,500 american soldiers off as prisonars of war heading to new york -
going up north
French army of 6,000 had landed in newport, rhode island after the british left the city to focus on the south -
africans fighting fro the britsh
Corniwallis succeeded. as the redcoats advanced, they were joined up with thousands of african americans who escaped from patriot slave owners -
victory for cornwallis
At guilford court house, north carolina cornwallis won the battle, but the victory cost him nearly a forth of his troops-93 were killed, over 400 were wounded, and 26 were missing -
control of money
The congress appointed a rich philadelphia merchant named robert morris as superintendent of finance -
Greene having a bad day
Was greene who took control he had weakend the british and write a letter to Layaette asking for help -
Soldiers getting that paper
Due to the efforts of morris and his partner saloman, the soldiers were finally paid with specie, and gold coin -
cornwallis surrenders
with cornwallis troops outnumbered by more than two to one and exhausted from constant shelling, cornwallis finally raised the white flag -
british surrenders at yorktown
American and the french armies lined up near yorktown to witness the formal british surrender which was of course the victory of the americans -
washington is a beast
A truimphant washington, the french generals and their troops assembled to accept the britsh surrender -
a new nation assembles
The delegates signed the treaty of paris which confirmed U.S. independence and set the boundaries of the new nation
