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French secretly sent weapons to the Partiots to help them out.
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The British had previously retreated from Boston, moving the theater of war to the Middle States.
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General William Howe & Admiral Richard Howe joined forves on Staten Island, and sailed to NY Harbor
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Michael Graham, continental Army volunteer, described the chaotic withdrawl.
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The Battle of NY ended, with American retreat following heavy loses.
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British pushed Washington's army across Delaware River into Pennsylvania.
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Washington re saved to risk everything on one bold stroke, he led 2,400 small men to fight.
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General Howe bega campaign to seize Amrican Capital at Philadelphia.
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General Howe's troops sailed from New York to head of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Massed American troops surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates.
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Albigense Waldo worked as a sergeon at Valley Forge, which served as the site of the Continental Army Camps.
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French recognized American independence & signed on alliance, or Treaty of Cooperation, with the Americans.
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American troops beg an amazing transformation/
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British began to shift their operations to the South. Hoping to rally Loyalist support.
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The British Expedition easily went to Savannah, Georgia.
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Lafayette koined Washington's staff and bore the misery of Valley Forge lobbied for French reinforcements in France. He led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war.
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Royal governor once again commanded Georgia.
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General Henry Clinton, along with General Charles Cornwallis sailed South with 8,500 men.
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British captured Charlestown, South Carolina.
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The congress appointed a rich Philadelphia merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance.
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The forces met at Cowpens, South Carolina. The British expected the outnumbered Americans to flee.
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Angered by the defeat at Cowpens, Cornwallis attacked Greene.
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Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for help.
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Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at camden, South Carolina.
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Troops were finally paid to specie, or gold coin.
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The French Generals and their troops assembled to accept the British surrender.
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Cornwallis finally raised the white flag of surrender.
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Colonel William Fontaire stood with American and French armies lining a road near Yorktown, Verginia. To witness the formal British surrender.
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Peace talks began in Paris.
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Delegates signed the Treaty o Paris which confirmed U.S Independence!
