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