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the french were still mad at the british because they won the war, the french sent the colonists guns secretly
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the british retreat from boston to the middle states
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genereal william howe and admiral richard howe joined forces and sailed into the new york harbor. this was the most amount of men ever used in battle.
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michal grahm, a continential army volunteer, describes the continential army retreating from NY following a few big losses
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the british forced the continential army across the delaware river into pennsylvania
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george washington leads over 2000 men in rowboats across the delaware river
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the terms of enlistmen of the men under washingtons command were due
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the americand were rallied by another amazing victory against 1200 british
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general howe begins his campaign to capture the american capital at philidelphia
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american troops finally surrounded british general ohn burgoyne at saratoga, where he surrendered his battered army to general gates
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Albigense Waldo worked as a surgeon at Valley Forge outside Philadelphia, which served as the Continental Armies camp.
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The french recognize American independence and signed an alliance , or treaty of cooperation, with the Americans.
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In the midst of the frozen winter at Valley Forge, the american troops began an amazing transformation
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After their devastating defeat at Saratoga, the british changed their military strategy by shifting their operations to the south
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A british expedition easily took Savannah, Georgia
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The young Marquis de Lafayette joined Washingtons staff and bore the misery of Valley Forge, lobbied for french reinforcements in france and led a command in Virginia in the last year of the war
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A royal governor once again commanded Georgia
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A french army of 6000 had landed in Newport, Rhode Island, after the british left the city to focus on the south.
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Gen Henry Clinton, who had replaced Howe in NY, along with the ambitious Gen Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men
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In their greatest victory of the war, the British captured Charles Town, South Carolina and marched 5.5k american soldiers off as prisoners of war.
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Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina, and within 3 months the british had established forts across the state.
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The congress appointed a rich Philidelphia merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance
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British expected the outnumbered americans to flee but the Continental Army fought back and forced the redcoats to surrender
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Angered by the defeat at Cowpens, Cornwallis attacked Greene at Guilford Court House, North Carolina.
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Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for help
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Due to efforts by Robert Morris, the troops were finnally paid in specie, or gold coins
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With his troops outnumbered by more than 2 to 1 and exhausted from constant shelling, Cornwallis finally raised the white flag of surrender
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george Washington, the french generals, and all of their troops assembled to accept the British surrender.
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Colonel William Fortaine of the Virginia Militia stood with American and French armies lining a road near Yorktown to witness the formal British 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
