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A Turning Point
Still Bitter From Thier Defeat By The British In The French And Indian War, The French Had Secretly Sent Weapons To The Patriots -
War Moves To The Middle States
The British Had Previousle Retreated From Boston In March Of 1776, Moving The Theater Of The War To The Middle States. -
Defeat In New York
The Largest British Expeditiomary Force Ever Assembled Went To New York - 32,000 Soldiers, Including Thousands Of German Mercenaries. -
Defeat In New York
General Washington Rallied 23,000 Men To New York's Defense, But He Was Vastly Outnumbered. Most Of His Troops Were Untrained Recruits With Poor Equipment. -
Defeat In New York
The British Had Pushed Washington's Army Across The Delaware River Into Pennsylvania. The Vast Majority Of Washington's Men Had Either Deserted Or Had Been Killed Or Captured. Fewer Than 8,000 Men Remained Under Washington's Command. -
The Battle Of Trenton
In The Face Of A Firce Storm, He Lead 2,400 Men In Small Rowboats Across The Ice-Choked Delaware River. -
The Battle Of Trenton
The Men Marched Nine Miles Throught Sleet And Snow To The Objective - Trenton,New Jersey Held By A Garrison Of Hessians. The Night Before Most Of The Hessians Had Too Much To Drink. So Washington And His Men Had A Surprise Attack. Killed 30 Men And Captured 918 As Captives And Took 6 Hessians Cannon. -
Deafeat In New York
The Last 8,000 Soldiers That Washington Commanded Terms Of Their Enlistment Were Due To End On Dec 31. Washington Desperatley Needed Some Kind Of Victory For His Men To Keep The From Going Home -
The Battle Of Trenton
The Americans Were Rallied By Another Astonishing Victory Agianst 1,200 British Stationed At Princeton -
The Fight For Philadelphia
General Howe Began His Campaign To Seize The American Capital At Philadelphia -
The Fight For Philadelphia
General Howe Troops Sailed From New York To The Head Of Chesapeake Bay, And Landed Near The Capital. The Continental Congress Fled The City While Washington And His Troops Unsuccessfully Tried To Block The Redcoats Nearby Brandywine Creek -
Victory At Saratoga
Masses American Troops Finally Surrounded Burgoyne At Saratoga, Where He Surrendered His Battered Army To General Gates -
Valley Forge
Outside Philadelphia The Forge Would Serve As The Site Of The Continental Army's Camp During The Winter -
A Turning Point
The French Recognized American Independence And Signed A Alliance, Or Treaty Of Cooperation, WIth The Americans -
European Allies Shift The Balance
In The Midst Of The Frozen Winter At Valley Forge, American Troops Began An Amazing Transformation -
The Brtish Move South
After The Devastating Defeat At Saratoga, The Britisb Changed Their Military Strategy; In The Summer of 1778 They Began To Shift Their Operations To The South -
Early British Success In The South
A British Expedition Easily Took Savannah, Georgia -
Early British Seccess In The South
A Royal Governor Once Agian Commanded Georgia -
Early British Success In The South
In Their Greatest Victory Of The War, The British Captured Charles Town, South Carolina, In May 1780 And Marched 5,500 American Soldiers Off As Prisoners Of War -
Early Succsess In The South
General Henry Clinton, Who Had Replaced Howe In New York, Along With The Ambitious General Charles Cornwillis Sailed South With 8,500 Men -
The British Surrender At Yorktown
A French Army Of 6,000 Had Landed In Newport, Rhode Island, After British Left The City To Focus On The South -
Early British Success In The South
Cornwallis's Army Smashed American Forces At Camden, South Carolina, And Within Three Months The British Had Established Forts Across The State -
Early British Success In The South
For Most Of 1780, Cornwillis Succeeded -
British Losses In 1781
When Forces Met In Jan 1781 At Cowpens, South Carolina, The British Expected The Outnumbered Americans To Flee; But The Continwntal Army Fought Back; And Forced The Redcoats To Surrender -
British Losses In 1781
Angered By The Defeat At Cowpens, Cornwallis Attacked Greene At Guilford Court House, North Carolina. -
British Losses In 1781
Greebe Wrote A Letter To Lafayette, Asking For Help -
Financing The War
The Congress Appointed A Rich Philadelphia Merchant Named Robert Morris As Superintendent Of Finance. -
Financing The War
Due To The Efforts Of Morris And Salomon On Sep 8, 1781, The Troops Were Finally Paid In Specie, Or Gold Coin. -
Victory At Yorktown
With Hus Troops Outnumbered By More Than Two To One And Exhausted From Constant Shelling, Cornwallis Finally Raised The White Flag Of Surrender -
One Americans Story
Colonel Willaim Fontaine Of Virginia Militia Stood Wit The American And French Armies Lining A Road Near Yorktown, Virginia, On The Afternoon Of October 19,1781, To Witness The Formal British Surrender -
Victory At Yorktown
A Triumphant Washington, The French Generals, And Their Troops Assembled To Accept The British Surrender -
Seeking Peace
Peace Talks Began In Paris in 1782 -
Seeking Peace
The Delegates Signed The Treaty Of Paris, Which Confirmed U.S. Independence And Set The Boundaries Of The New Nation
