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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.
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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
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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
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Was the end of the Battle of New York, with an american retreat following heavy losses
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Following the heavy losses a continental volunteer named michael graham described how the battle of new york ended
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The British had pushed washingtons army across the delaware river into pennsylvania where most american were either deserted, killed, or captured
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Washington takes a big risk leading 2,400 men in a small rowboats across the ice-choked delaware river toward trenton
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Fewer then 8,000 men remained under washingtons command, and the terms of their enlistment were due to end
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Massed americans troops finally surrounded bungoyne at saratoga, where general howe surrended his army to general gates
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Albigense Waldo worked as a Surgeon at valley Forge outside Philadelphia which served as the site of the continental army camp
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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
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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
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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
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a royal governer once agian commanded georgia
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A young Lafayette joined washingtons staff, and bore the misary of valley forge. Lobbied for french reinforcments in france
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Cowpens, south carolina. The british expected the outnumbered americans to flee; but the continental army fought back and forced the redcoats to surrender
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General henry clinton, who had replaced howe in new york, along with ambitious general charles cormwills sailed wouth with 8,500 men
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british captured charles town, south carolina and marched 5,500 american soldiers off as prisonars of war heading to new york
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French army of 6,000 had landed in newport, rhode island after the british left the city to focus on the south
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Corniwallis succeeded. as the redcoats advanced, they were joined up with thousands of african americans who escaped from patriot slave owners
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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
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The congress appointed a rich philadelphia merchant named robert morris as superintendent of finance
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Was greene who took control he had weakend the british and write a letter to Layaette asking for help
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Due to the efforts of morris and his partner saloman, the soldiers were finally paid with specie, and gold coin
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with cornwallis troops outnumbered by more than two to one and exhausted from constant shelling, cornwallis finally raised the white flag
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American and the french armies lined up near yorktown to witness the formal british surrender which was of course the victory of the americans
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A truimphant washington, the french generals and their troops assembled to accept the britsh surrender
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The delegates signed the treaty of paris which confirmed U.S. independence and set the boundaries of the new nation
