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French secretly sends weapons to the patriots.
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British had previously retreated from boston,moving the theater of war to the middle states.
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Two brothers,General William howe amd admiral richard howe salies into new york harbor with the largest British expeditionary force-32,000 soldiers and thousands of German mercenaries.
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Michael graham,a continental army volunteer,described the chaotic withdrawal
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Washington risks everything on one bold stroke set for Christmas night,1776
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In December 26,the men had marched nine miles through sleet and snow to trenton
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Fewer than 8,000 soldiers remained under Washingtons command and the terms of their enlistment were due to end
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In the spring of 1777,General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia
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Massed Americans troops surrounded at saratoga,where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates.
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Albigense worked as a surgeon at valley forge
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The french recognized American independence and signed an alliance or treaty of cooperation with thw americans
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In the midst of the frozen winter at valley forge,American troops began am amazing transformation.
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Ather the defeat at saratoga the British began to shift their operations to the south
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A British expedition easily took savannah,Georgia
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Helped Washingtons staff and bore the misery of valley forge and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war
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A royal governor once again commanded Georgia once again command Georgia
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General Henry replace howe in nee york with the ambito general charles cornwallis
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The British capture Charles town,South Carolina and marched with 5,500 American soldiers of war
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Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at candem,South Carolina
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British expected that the outnumbered Americans to flee but they fought back and forced redcoats to surrendered.
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Greene writes to lafayette for help
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Congress appointed a rich Philadelphia merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance
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The troops were fanally paid in specie or gold coin
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Cornwallis raised the white flag of surrender
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Colonel william fontaine of the Virginia milia stood woth the American and french armies line in a road near yorktown,to witness the formal British surrender.washington,the french and the troops assemble to accept the British surrender
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Peace talk begins in paris
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The delegates sign the treaty of Paris,which confirmed u.s. Independence and set boundaries of the new nation
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Many northern states had taken steps to outlaw slavery
