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The French is secretly supplying the Patriots with weapons and supplies.
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British retreat from Boston in March 1776 moving the theater of war to the Middle states. They do this as part of their plan to stop the rebellion by isolating New England, they decide to seize New York City.
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe join forces on Stan Island and sail into New York harbor.
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Battle for New York ended with an American retreat.
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Continental Army retreat from New York following heavy losses.
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British pushed Washington's troops across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania, killing and capturing many of them.
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Washington marched to Trenton,NJ after a festive night where the British were drunk and sleeping. The Continental Army attacked on the right moment killing 30 of the enemy and making 918 captives.
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Washington need some kind of victory to keep his men from going home since their enlistment were going to end on December 31.
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Washington's troops unsuccessfully tried blocking the read coats nearby Brandywine Creek. British capture Philadelphia.
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American troops surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates.
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Continental Army's camp during the harsh winter of 1777-1778.
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American troops start to get better, Fredrick Von Steuben volunteer his services to train Washington's troops.
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French recognized American independence and signed an alliance,or treaty of cooperation.
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British began to shift their operations to the South.
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British easily took Savannah and Georgia.
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A royal governor once again commanded Georgia.
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The 20 year old French aristocrat,Lafayette, joined the Washington's troops and led command in Virginia in the last years of the war.
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General Clinton replaced Howe in New York City and General Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men.
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British captures Charles Town and marched 5,500 American soldiers off as prisoners of war.
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Cornwallis' army smash American forces at Camden, SC.
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British establish forts across the states
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Greene and Morgan's troops met at Cowpens where the British expected to outnumbered the Americans to flee but that doesn't happen.The Continental Army fought them back and forced them to surrender.
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Greene feared the fight for the South so he wrote to Lafayette asking for help.
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The troops were paid in specie,or gold coin
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After being outnumbered and exhausted from constant shelling, Cornwallis raised the white flag, surrendering.
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Colonial William and Virginia militia stood with the American and French troops lining a road near Yorktown to witness the formal British surrender.
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George Washington and the French Generals accept the British surrender.
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Congress appointed Robert Morris as superintendent of finance.
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The Treaty of Paris, treaty that declared the Unites States was finally signed by the delegates.
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Representative of the United States, Great Britain, France and Spain join to negotiate.
