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The French have been secretly supplying the Patriots with weapons from this date to 1778.
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The British retreat from Boston and plan to Seize New York to stop the rebellion
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Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe join forces on Staten Island and create the largest British expeditionary force ever.
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After the Battle of Long Island, the Continental Army was withdrawing and it was almost impossible through all the confusion.
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George Washington marches into Trenton on Christmas to surprise attack and defeat the Hessians
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Washington needed a victory so his soldiers wouldn't abandon him.
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General Washington, only 8 days after his victory at Trenton, kept his armies momentum and attacked Princeton and won.
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General Howe Starts to work out his plan of seizing the American capital of Philadelphia
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General Howe sailed into the Chesapeake bay and defeated Washington's troops and captured Philadelphia.
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The Continental Army surrounds Burgoyne, ruining the British's 3 pronged attack on the army.
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While retreating, Washington and the Continental army got caught in a storm and set up camp at Valley Forge. A harsh winter came and 2000 men died from lack of supplies and the cold/harsh conditions.
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The French now recognize the American cause for independence and now trust Americans after their victory over the British at Saratoga.
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian Military officer, arrives at Valley Forge to whip George Washington's untrained men into real soldiers.
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The British retreat south after their defeat at Saratoga and start their conquering from the southern colonies, to gain loyalist support.
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The British Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell captures Savannah, Georgia.
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This Military leader assisted at Valley Forge and at this time, was in France asking for reinforcements.
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A new Royal Governor was appointed to command Georgia.
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General Henry Clinton and General Charles Cornwallis sailed to Charles Town, South Carolina with 8,500 men and achieved their greatest victory of the war.
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They Marched 5,500 Americans soldiers away as prisoners of war and Clinton went off to New York leaving Cornwallis to command the British troops.
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6,000 French soldiers land in Rhode Island after the British leave for the South.
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The British make forts across South Carolina
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Whilst outnumbered, the Americans fought against the British and Won at Cowpens, SC
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Nathanael Greene writes a letter to Marquis de Lafayette asking for help against the weakened British forces.
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Robert Morris is appointed as superintendent of finance.
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With Robert Morris as Superintendent of Finance, they were finally able to pay troops so they wouldn't leave the army.
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Cornwallis sets up at Yorktown, which played heavily in the Patriots favor since the French could blockade the river and the patriots and french could surround them on land.
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Washington and French generals gather to watch the British Surrender.
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Delegates from Spain, France, Britain and America sign a treaty which doubles the colonists land, and makes America Independent.
