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French sent Weapons
Since early 1776 French had secretly sent weapons to the Patriots. -
The War Moves to the Middle States
The British had previously retreated from Boston, and started moving the war to the middle states. -
The British Expeditionary Force
Two brother,General William Howe and Admiral Richard How, joined forces on staten island and sailed into New York harbor with the largest British expeditionary forces ever assembled of 30,000 men. -
Defeat In New York
Washington and his 23,000 men fought the battle of new York only to retreat following heavy losses. -
Washington gets pulled back
Late fall, the British had pushed Washington's armyAcross the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. -
Washington Risk
Christmas night,In a fierce storm Washington led 2,4000 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked Delaware river. -
The Battle Of Trenton
Washington marched 9 miles throughout snow to get to Trento. Suppressing the British, the American killed 30 enemy and took 918 captive and six Hessian cannons. -
Philadelphia
General Howe began his campaign to secure the American capital at Philadelphia. -
General Howe
General Howe sailed from New York to head to Chesapeake Bay, and landed near the capital late August. -
The Battle Of Saratoga
American troop surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga where he surrendered his Amy to General Gates. -
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Valley Forge
Valley Forge outside Philadelphia which served as the site of the Continental Army camp during the winter of 1777-1778, -
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Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette joined Washington's staff and bore the misery of Valley Forge staff and lobbied for French reinforcements in Frances in 1779 and led a command in Virginia in the last two year. -
French Alliance
The French recognized American independence
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Shift of Balance
In the midst of the frozen winter at Valley Forge, American troops
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The British Move South
After their devastating defeat at Saratoga, the British changed their military strategy in the summer of 1778 they began to shift their operations to the South. -
British Savannah
British expedition easily took Savannah, Georgia. -
Georgia
A royal governor
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Cornwallis
Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men. In their greatest victory of the war, theBritish captured Charles Town, South Carolina. -
Cornwallis takes controll
5,500 American soldiers off as prisoners of war. Clinton then left for New York, leaving Cornwallis to command the British forces in the South and to conquer South and
North Carolina. -
Charles Town
Cornwallis greatest victory was capturing Charles Town,South Carolina and marched 5,500 American solder off into prison. -
French Amry
A French army of 6,000 had landed in Newport, Rhode Island, after the British left the city to focus on the South. -
Cornwallis smashing American forcres
Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at Camden,South Carolina and within three months the British had established forts across the states. -
British Losses
When the forces met at Cowpeas, South Carolina, the British expected the outnumbered Americans to flee; but the Continental Army fought back, and forced the redcoats to surrender. -
Guildford Court House
Cornwallis attacked Greene two months
later at Guilford Court House, North Carolina. Cornwallis won the battle, but the victory cost him nearly a fourth of his troops. -
Help
Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for help since he was worried about the fight for the south. -
Rober Morris
Congress appointed a rich Philadelphia merchant
named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance. -
Troops gets paid
The American troops were finally paid
in specie, or gold coin. -
Outnumbered in Yorktown
Cornwallis troops were outnumbered by more than two to one and exhausted from constant shelling, Cornwallis finally raised the white flag of surrender. -
Yorktown
Colonel William Fontaine stood with theAmerican and French armies near Yorktown, Virginia, on the afternoon of October 19, 1781, to witness the formal British surrender. -
Treaty Of Paris
John Adam,Benjamin Franklin and John Jay signed the Treaty of Paris, which confirmed U.S. Independence and set the boundaries to the New Nation.
