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WAR MOVES TO THE MIDDLE STATES
The British had perviously retreated from Boston in March 1776, moving the theater of war to the middle states. As part of the grand plan to stop the rebellion by isolating New england, the British decided to seize New York City. -
DEFEAT IN NEW YORK: THE HOWE BROTHERS
Two brothers, General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe, joined forces on Staten Island and sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled: 32,000 soliders, including thousands of german mercenaries, or soldiers who fight solely for money. -
DEFEAT IN NEW YORK
two brothers, General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe joined forces on staten island and sailed into New York harbor into the summer of 1776 with the largest british expeditionary force ever assembied 32,00 soilders. on august 27 1776, washington raillied 23,000 men to New Yorks defense. most of the troops were untrained recruits. the battle ended with american retreat following heavy losses. -
diary entry of the battle of new york
when the battle of york ended a continental voluteer wrotes a diary entry. he wrote about the chaoctic event. he said it was complete disater. muusets flying and his fellow soliders running all over the place. the whole battle was complete mess. -
THE BATTLE OF TRENTON
Washington resolved to risk everything on one bold stroke set for christmas night, 1776. He led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked delaware river, -
BATTLE OF TRENTON
By eight the next morning his men marched nine miles through sleet and snow to trenton, NJ The hessian were drinking and celabrating the night before an were all still sleeping. In a surpirse attack the americans killed 30 of the enemy, took 918 captives and six hessian cannons. Eight days later american won another victory in Princeton -
WASHINGTON STRUGGLES TO KEEP HIS TROOPS MOTAVATED
British has pushed washington's army across the Delaware river into Pennsylvania. the vast majority of washington's men had either deserted or had been killed or captured. fewer than 8,000 men remained under washington's command, and the terms of thier enlistment were due to end on december 31. washington desperately needed some kind of victory for his men to keep them from going home. -
THE FIGHT FOR PHILADELPHIA
As the muddy fields dried out in the spring of 1777, General Howe began his campaign to seize the american capital at philadelphia. his troops sailed from New York to the head of Chesapeake Bay. -
BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE CREEK
n the persuit capture the capital howes troops landed in the chespeake bay. the continental congress fled to not be able to get caught. they tryed to stop them but failed. -
THE FIGHT FOR PHILADELPHIA
His troops sailed from New York to the head of the chesapeake Bay, and landed near the capital in late August. The continental Congress fled to the city while washington's troops unsuccessfully tried to block the redcoats at nearby brandywine creek.British captured Philadlphia. -
THE FIGHT FOR PHILADELPHIA
Genernal howe began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia. His troops sailed from New York to chesapeake bay, and landed near the capital in late august. the continental congress fled the city while washington's troops unsuccessfully tried to block the redcoats at a nearby brandywine creek. -
VICTORY AT SARATOGA
Bristish gengerals ordered men from all corners surnounding NY to meet in the middle, unfortunately the plan didnt work as well as they wanted it to and the concloies found out and soliders all over new york was once step ahead and ready from the intruders to attack. Massed american troops finally surrounded burgoyne at Saratoga, where the surrendered his battered army to the gernal gates on oct. 17, 1777. from that time on, the britsih kept their troops along the coast to the big guns away. -
AT VALLEY FORGE
British control New York and parts of new England. While British troops wintered comfortably in Pennsylvania, Washington and his meager continental Army struggled to stay alive in the bitter cold and primitive conditions at winter camps in the valley forge. Pennsylvania soldiers suffered from expose frostbite Washington's letters to the Congress and his friends were filmed were reports of suffering and in Durrant's endurance of his men -
EUROPEAN ALLIES SHIFT THE BALANCE
In February 1778, now this frozen winter of Valley Forge, the American troops begin amazing transformation Frederick von Steuben a Prussian Capt. talented Joe master volunteered his services and Gen. Washington and went to work Frederick talk to calling the soldiers to stand at attention execute filled maneuvers and reload quickly. -
TURNING POINT
Still bitter from their defeat by the british in the french and indian war, the french seceertly send weapons to the patriots since early 1776. The Saratoga victory bolstered french trust in the american army, and france now agreed to support the Revolution. the franch recognized American independence and signed an alliance, or treaty of cooperation, with the americans in february 1778. -
EARLY BRRITISH SUCCESS
After their devasting defeat at Saratoga, the British changed thier miltary strategy; in the summer of 1778 they began to shift thier operations to the south. There the British hoped to rally loyolist support, reclaim their former colonis in the region, and than slowly fight their way back north -
EARLY BRITISH MOVE SOUTH
At the end of the year British expesdition easily took savannah, Georgia. -
EARLY BRITISH SUCCESS IN THE SOUTH
by spring a royal governor once again commanded Georgia -
THE BRITISH MOVE SOUTH
General charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men. in their greatest victory of the war , the british captured charles town, south carolina in may 1780 and marched 5,500 american soliders off as prisoners of war. -
CAPTURED CHARLES TOWN
In the greatest victory in the war they caputered charles town. they marched 5500 american soliders off as prisoners of war. heny cliton marched back to new york and left cornwallis to command the british forces in the south -
EARLY BRITISH
in 1780 gengeral Henery Clinton -
NEED SOME HELP
Genernal greene was worried about tyhe fight and he wrote a letter to lafayette asking for help. the letter stated that wants to march with his troops for back up. -
FINACING THE WAR
The war has been taking a toll on the econmy. the congress quickly ran out of hard currency. it began to sell bonds to make money to support the war. also it began to print paper money, called " continentals". As it kept printing more and more money, the value of it went down. this is called inflation. the congress appointed a wealth philly mervhards named robert mories as superintendent of finace in 1781. -
FINALLY PAID OFF
Due to the efforts of robort morris and his assiant, salomon, they rasied so much money that on september 8, 1781 the troops were finall paid in gold coins. -
COLONIAL LIFE DURING THE REVOLUTION
The Revolutionary war touched the life of every American. when the Congress ran out of hard currency it borrowed money by selling bonds to American investors and foreign governments especially France. Also printed paper money called continentals. As Congress printed more and more money is value plunge and causing rising prices, or inflation. The congress also struggled to equip the beleaguered army.in September Robert Morris raised funds for the continental. -
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
Lafayette plans were to paputer corn walls so 1700 americans and french soliders surrounded him at yorktown. for more than 3 weeks, tried and outnumber cornwallies finally surrended and rasid white flag -
ONE AMERICAN'S STORY: COLONEL WILLIAM
Colonel William Fontaine of the Virginia militia stood with the American and French armies lining the role of Yorktown Virginia, on the afternoon of October 19, 1781 and to witness the formal British surrender. The French dress with a bright red coat and white trousers well the American troops were staining probably behind the generals, were wearing hunting shirts faded continental uniforms. -
ACCPTING THEIR SURRENDER
wasington, the french generals preapared to accept surrender. one german officer johanna ewald journal entry explanes the turn on events. he says that how astonishing the americans are. they were. he says that how washington the americans are. they were half naked and poorly trained but stuck it out to the end. -
TREATY OF PARIS
The delegates sighned the treaty of paris which confirmes the United states of Americans independence and set the bounderies of the new country. it strechted from the alantic ocean to the mississppi river and from canda to florida.