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British retreat
British retreat to Boston -
French sends weapons to Patriots
French secretly provides weapons to the American troops -
Largest British expeditionary force assembled
General Will Howe and Richard Howe join forces on Staten Island and sail into NY Harbor -
American retreat
American troops retreat from New York -
Battle of Trenton
Washington and his men march nine miles through snow to Trenton -
Enlistment Terms Due to End
Terms of enlistment with Washington's command were due to end -
Battle of Princeton
Americans rallied another victory against the British. -
Seizing Philadelphia
General Howe began to seize American capital Philadelphia -
Battle at Saratoga
American troops surround Burgoyne at Saratoga, NY -
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Valley Forge
Harsh weather and conditions for the continental army -
French forms Alliance
French forms an alliance with America -
Friedrich von Steuben with Washington
Friedrich von Steuben work with Washington -
British head south
British go south trying to rally up the Loyalists -
British take Savannah
British take Savannah, Georgia -
Royal Governor takes Georgia back
Royal Gov. commands Georgia again -
Lafayette and George Washington
Lafayette joins George Washington to lead Virginia -
British capture Charlestown
British capture Charles Town, SC and march 5,500 American soldiers off as prisoners or war -
Gen. Henry sail south with Gen. Charles
They sail south -
French army lands in Rhode Island
French army land in Newport, RI -
Cornwallis and Amercans meet at Camden, SC
The British smash the Americans at Camden, South Carolina -
British establish forts
British establish forts after smashing Americans at Camden -
Americans defeat British at Cowpens
Forces met at Cowpens, SC where the redcoats were forced to surrender -
Cornwallis wins in North Carolina
Cornwallis attacks Greene in North Carolina and wns -
Greene asks for help
Greene writes to Marquis de Lafayette asking for help -
Robert Morris appointed
Robert Morris is appointed as superintendent of finance. -
Troops are paid
American troops were finally paid on specie/gold -
Cornwallis surrenders
Cornwallis and his troops were outnumbered and exhausted, they surrender at Yorktown -
Battle of Yorktown
American and French armies defeat British and lined up to watch the British surrender -
Americans accpet British surrender
Washington and the French generals gather to accept the British surrender -
Delegates sign Treaty of Paris
Delegates confirm U.S. Independence and set boundaries on the new nation signing the Treaty of Paris
