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The French had secretly sent weapons to the Patriots.
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The British moved the theater of war to the Middle states.
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe joined forces on Staten Island and sailed into New York Harbor
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The battle of New York ended.
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Michael Graham, a Continental Army volunteer describes the chaotic withdraw.
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The British pushed Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania.
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Washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked Delaware River. This became known as the battle of Trenton.
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The men marched nine miles through sleet and snow to Trention, NJ.
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General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital Philadelphia.
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Massed American troopsfinally surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his battle army to General Gates.
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The French signed the treaty of cooperation with the Americans.
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American troops began an amazing transformatin. Fredrich von Steuben volunteered to General Washington and went " to make regular soldiers out of country bumokins."
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The British began to shift their operations to the south.
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British moved down to Savannah, Georgia.
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A royal governor again commanded Georgia.
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Marquis de Lafayette led a command in Virginia in the last years of war
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General Henry Clinton and General Charles Cornwalis sailed south with 8,500 men.
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The British captured Charlestown, South Carolina and marched 5,500 American soldiers off as prisoners of war.
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As the redcoats advanced, they were joined by thousands of African Americans who had escaped from Patriot slave owners to join the British and win their freedom.
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Cornwalis' army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina, and had established forts across the states
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General Daniel Morgan led the British on a grueling chase through rough country side. The British expected the outnumbered Americans to flee but the Continental Army fought back and forced the redcoats to surrender.
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Nathaniel Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette asking for help.
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The troops were finally paid due to their efforts of Morris and Salmon.
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Cornwalis surrenders at Yorktown
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Washington, the French general, and their troops assemble to accept British surrender.
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Colonel William Fontaine stood with the American and French rmies in Yorktown to witness the formal British surrender.
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Congress appointed Robert Morris as superintendent of finance
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Peace talks begin in Paris.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed.
