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The French have been secretly sending weapons to the militia.
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The British move from Boston to the middle states.
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe join together in Staten Island and sail to the New York Harbor with the largest British expeditionary force ever made.
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The battle for New York ended when the American militia retreated.
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This battle was a victory for the American Militia because they attcked the british while they were off gaurd.
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Terms of enlistment were due to end.
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This was another victory for the Americans.
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General Howe began his campaign to sieze Philadelphia.
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The American troops surrounded Burgoyne and made him surrender.
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The French signed a treaty with the Americans and created an alliance.
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A Prussian captain named Friedrich von Steuben volunteered his survice to Washington and taught the militia to be like an actual army.
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The British changed their military strategy and began to move south.
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A British expedition easily took Savannah, Georgia.
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A Royal governer once again commanded georgia.
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General Henry Clinton replaced Howe in New York along with General Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men.
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The British captured Charlestown, South Carolina.
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The COngress over printed money.
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Cornwallis attacks Greene in North Carolina and although he won the battle he lost many men.
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Greene wrote a letter to lafayette for help.
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Robert Morris as superintendant of finance.
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On this day the troops in the American Militia were paid.
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Colonel William Fontaine of the Virginia militia stood with the American and French armies on a road near Yorktown to see the formal British surrender.
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United States. Britain, Spain and France went to France to negotiate.
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This confirms the United States independance.
