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French decide to aid America because they were still mad about their defeat to the British in the French and Indian war
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The British take over New York City after retreating from Boston
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Hessians decide to help the British
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Continental army withdraws from NYC
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The British pushed Washington across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania
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Washington crosses the Delaware with 2,400 men.He arrived in Trenton and surprise attacked the Hessians and won
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Washington wins Princeton
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General Howe sails to Chesapeake Bay in attempt to capture Philadelphia
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Washington fails to block the redcoats at Brandywine creek
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General Burgoyne planned to meet up with Howe but Gates and the Continental army reacted fast enough and forced the British to surrender
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Washington and his en were forced to retreat from Philadelphia and spent the winter trapped in Vally Forge
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French recognized American independence and signed an alliance with them
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Prussian drillmaster who volunteered to help transform Washington's army
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While waiting for French aid, 2,000 men died and Washington wrote to congress many times
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British begin to move South for support from loyalists
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Britain captures Savannah with ease
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Lafayette joins Washington's army and leads them through the last years of war
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British place another royal governor to command Georgia
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British capture Charlestown, South Carolina
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Cornwallis's army defeated American forces in Camden, South Carolina
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French army of 6,000 land in Newport, Rhode Island
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Americans force Cornwallis and Morgan to surrender in Cowpens, South Carolina
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Cornwallis attacked Greene in North Carolina but lost 1/4 of his men
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Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette asking for help in the south
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Congress appoints Robert Morris superintendent of finance
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Morris and Salomon begged for money in order to pay the army.
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American and French troops surround Cornwallis in Yorktown causing him to throw in towel
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American and French troops troops assemble to accept the British surrender
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Talks of peace begins in Paris
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Delegates sign the Treaty of Paris confirming U.S. independence
