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The French secretly send weapons to the patriots.
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The British will retreat from Boston and move the theater of the war to the middle states.
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In the summer of 1776, two brothers, William and Rchared Howe team up on Staten Island and went o the NY Harbor with 32,00 soldiers.
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When the battle of New York ends the Americans retreat with heavy loses.
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Michael Graham is a Continental Army volunteer who described the chaotic withdrawl
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The British will push Wahington across the Delawre River into Pennsylvania with fewer than 8,000 men.
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As a special gift, Washington planned on attacking the Hessians.
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At 8 in the morning Washington and his army marched through sleet and snow to Trenton, NJ. There they attacked the Hessians killing 30, and taking 918 captives and six cannons.
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The time of enlistment for Washington will be up on this day,
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General William Howe began a campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia.
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General John Burgoyne surrendered to General Horatio Gates at Saratoga.
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Valley Forge served as a continental army camp. During the winter George Washington and his men faced extremely cold weather and the lack of supplies didn't help them at all. This lasted from December 19, 1777- June 18, 1778
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The French recognize American independence and sign a Treaty of Cooperation saying that the French will not make peace with Britian until they too recognize Amercian independence.
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A Purssian captain, and talented drill master, turned the continental army into an effective fighting force.
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The British shifts their operations down south in hopes of rallying Loyalists support and reclaiming former colonies.
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Marquis de Lafayette joined Washington's staff, and Washington trusted him to lead a command in Virginia in the last years of the war.
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By the end of spring, a royal governor once again commanded Georgia.
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General Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis sail south with 8,500 men.
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The British capture Charles Town, South Carolina and march 5,500 American soldiers as prisoners
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The French army, consisting of 6,000 men, landed in Newport, Rhode Island after the British left the city to focus on the south.
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The British have established forts all over the state.
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Even though the Americans were outnumbered, they still put up one heck of a fight causing the British to surrender at Cowpens, South Carolina.
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Two months later, still angry by his defeat at Cowpens, Cornwallis attacked Greene at Guilford Court House, North Carolina. Although he won the battle, he lost 93 men, over 400 were injured, and 26 went missing.
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Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for his help for the battle down south.
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The troops are finally paid in gold coins
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Cornwallis finally raises his white flag and surrenders after realizing that there's no way out.
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Colonial William Fontaine stand with the French and the Americans, on a road near Yorktown, to watch the British surrender.
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Robert Morris was a rich Philadelphia merchant who was appointed superintendent of finance.
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Talks of peace begin in Paris
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The delegates sign the Treaty of Paris, conforming U.S independence.
