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British retreated moving the theater of the war to the middle states
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Gen W. Howe and admiral R. Howe joined forces on station island and sailed into NY Harbour.
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Battle for New York ends
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M graham (a volunteer) described the crazy withdrawal
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British pushed Washingtons army across the Delaware River into P.
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Christmas night Washington led 2400 men in small rowboats across the ice chocked Delaware river
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(8 o'clock the nest morning) The men had marched nine miles in sleet and snow to Trenton NJ.
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Americans won again against 1200 British at the battle of Princeton.
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The winter at valley forge ended in 1778 but was gruesome and unfair. The British were quartered in Philadelphia in people's home while the continental army was stuck outside in the cold struggling to survive.
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Gen Howe began his campaign to seize the American Capital at Philadelphia.
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American Troops surround Burgoyne at Saratoga where he surrendered his army to General Gates
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French and Americans Become Allies
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Friedrich Von Steuben, a Prussian captain and talented drill master volunteered his services to Washingtons army.
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British change their strategy to move their operations South.
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French Come to the Americans Aid months later at Valley Forge
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British expedition took savannah
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Marquis De Lafayette, a French aristocrat joined Washington and led command in V.A in the last couple months of the war
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A royal governer once again runs Georgia
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General Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis sailed S with 8500 men.
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A French army landed in New port , Rhode Island, Marquis de Lafayette suggested American and French alliance. They decide to attack Yorktown
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British captured Charles town South Carolina and marched 5500 soldiers off as prisoners of war.
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Congress Appointed a rich Philadelphia Merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance
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Washington ordered his ablest soldier Nathaniel Greene to harass Cornwallis as he retreated
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D. Morgan colonial forces defeated a British regiment under Col. Tarleton
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Washington and Cornwallis army collide. Thinking the continental army would Surrender because they were outnumbered, they were surprised when they fought back hard and forced the British to Surrender
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Cornwallis attacked Greene at gulford courthouse North Carolina
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Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette asking for help
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Troops were paid in Specie or Gold Coin
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Col W. Fontaine stood with the French and American armies to witness the British surrender
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Washington, French generals, and their troops assembled to accept the British surrender
