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Washington gained another victory against 1,200 British soldiers stationed at Princeton.
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British retreated from Boston and stopped rebellion in Middle States and to seize N.Y.C
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General Howe moved his men to Philadelphia to capture it.
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General William Howe and his brother Admiral Richard Howe joined forces and sailed to N.Y with 32,000 soldiers.
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Washington moved 23,00 men to New York's defense but was outnumbered. They retreated back in bad condition.
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Washington decided to take a risk and row 2,400 men across the Delware River.
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At 8:00 AM, Washington marched his men through Trenton, NJ to ambush a Hessian camp. They took 918 captived, 6 cannons, and killed 30 men.
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Soldiers term of elistments are soon to expire, Washington needs victories to encourage his men.
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General Burgoye took 8,000 men to New York but failed. General Cortes took over Burgoye's army. The red coats began to retreat.
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General George Washington marched his men through to Valley Forge. It served as a Continental camping site.
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Friedrich von Steuben agreed to help train Washington's army.
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France decided to ally with the Americans and send supplies and men over.
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Britain decided to change their stragedy and go down south. Then get support from Loyalist to fight the Americans again.
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Many soldiers had to endure the harsh winter conditions. 2000 out of 10,000 soldiers died. Winter camp in Valley Forge, Philadelphia
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A British expedition easily took Savannah, Georgia
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Marquis de Layette joined forces with George Washington.
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General Henery replaced Howe. Then sailed with 8,500 men and captured Charles Town, South Carolina.
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The red coats taken 5,00 soldiers as prisoners of war. Clinton left for New York. Cornwallis went to conquer South and North Carolina.
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French army of 8,000 combined forces with Lafayette to attack and take back Yorktown.
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Cornwallis succed, as red coats advanced, they were joined by thousands of African Americans who escaped from Patriot slave owners.
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Cornwallis' army defeated American forces in Cowden, South Carolina.
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Red coats created forts across the state. They went to conquer North Carolina but American forces attacked them. Red coats retreated back to S.C.
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Britain expected the outnumbered American forces to retreat but didn't. They stood their ground and made Britain to surrender.
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Cornwallis attacked Greene at Gulfed Court House, North Carolina. Cornwallis won but lost 1/4 of his army.
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Greene has weaken Britain's forces but still wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for help.
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Continental Congress had trouble finacing the war and soon had debt. Richert Moris & Haym Salomon helped congress with their finance problems. Soon paid off their debts and soldiers recieved their pay check.
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Outnumbered , exhausted Cornwallis finally surrendered.
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Colonel William Fontaine stood with Virginia militia and French armies near Yorktown. The British finally surrendered. The Americans Revolution has ended.
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Washington and other French generals accepted Britains' surrender.
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Representives from U.S, Great Britain, France, and Spain seeked peace but every country had a problem or disagreement. Especially G.B disagreed with the independence of the U.S.
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Treaty of Paris was created which inclued the independence of U.S and set boundaires of the new nation.
