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Manuel Camacho Revolutionary War Timeline

  • War is Moving

    The British relocate to New York which moves the war to the middle colonies.
  • The French Help

    The French secretly send the colonists weapons
  • The British Arrive

    General William Howe and his brother Admiral Richard Howe arrive in New York Harbor
  • Defeat

    Washington loses many men and his pushed away from New York
  • Pressured

    Washington and his men are pushed across the Deleware river by the British.
  • Great Christmas

    George Washington leads his men across the partly frozen Deleware river on a cold Christmas night for a sneak attack on the British troops
  • Sweet Surprise

    George Washington and his men catch the British troops by surprise and ran them out of Trenton
  • Finally

    The American colonists win the Battle of Yorktown and deduct 1200 men from the British army
  • Continental Congress flee

    General Howe and his men march into Philidelphia and send the Continental Congress on the run
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga
    Geaorge Washington and his men surround General Burgoyne and win the battle of Saratoga
  • Tough times

    The Continental Army have trouble surviving the winter
  • Training

    Friedrich Von Steuben gives the Continental Army some training which gives them a chance to win more battles
  • Together

    The French fight along side the Continental Army
  • South

    British are looking for Loyalists to fight with them
  • Savannah

    British take Savannah Georgia
  • More help

    Marquis De Lafayette joins and leads battles in later years
  • Oh no

    Cornwallis. whos on the British side, takes 5500 men as prisoners of war
  • Charlestown

    Cornwallis captures Charlestown, Georgia
  • Bad Outlook For Americans

    Cornwallis keeps capturing citys and begins to build more forts
  • Even more

    Cornwallis just keeps going
  • Look at That

    The Continental Army defeats the British in Cowpens, South Carolina
  • Dent

    Cornwallis defeats Greene and his men but lose a quarter of his own
  • Help

    Greene asks for help from Lafayette
  • New MoneyHead

    Robert Morris is appointed as the superintendent of finance by the Continental Congress
  • Wages

    The Continental Army finally recieve wages
  • Done

    Cornwallis surrenders because he was outnumbered
  • Alright

    Alright
    The Americans and French accept the British surrender
  • Good day for America

    Americans witness the British surrender
  • Its settled

    The nations talk about peace between all of them (American, French, British, Spanish)
  • Good Looks

    Good Looks
    The Treaty of Paris is Signed