Revolutionary War Timeline Caleb

By Caleb65

  • French Help in Secrecy

    French has been sending us weapons without the British knowing

  • Retreat from Boston

    British retreat from Boston and move into middle states

  • Gather your Men

    Two brothers General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe sailed to the New York harbor with 32,000

  • George Retreats

    Washington got 23,000 men to defend New York but was outnumbered forcing him to retreat

  • We Can Do It Men

    Washington and his men cross the icy Delaware river through a storm

  • Trenton Is Ours

    George and his men finally get to Trenton and were able to take it from the Hessian guarding it for the Bitish

  • Terms of Enlistment

    The day George's soldiers can go home

  • Princeton Is Ours

    George and his men take Princeton from the British

  • Thinking Ahead

    General Howe starts his plan to seize Philadelphia

  • Philadelphia Is Captured

    General Howe takes Philadelphia from America
  • America Takes Saratoga

    America Takes Saratoga

    General Gates and his army surround Burgoyne and captures Saratoga

  • Valley Forge

    This is the camp that George and his me stayed in for a cold long winter

  • The French Join Us

    The French sign a treaty saying they will help us get independence

  • Training The Troops

    Friedrich von Steuben a drill sergeant help train the men to become soldiers

  • British look to the south

    Britain decides that they will gain help from the loyalist down south

  • British Take Savannah

    This happens during the expedition to the south

  • Britain Takes Georgia

    A royal governor runs Georgia again
  • Marquess de Lafayette

    Marquess de Lafayette

    Lafayette endures Valley Forge with Washington and asks for French reinforcements

  • Clinton and Cornwallis sail south

    General Henry Clinton and General Charles Cornwallis sail south with there army

  • Britain Captures Charles Town

    Clinton and Cornwallis take over Charles town and capture many of American soldiers

  • French Land in Rhode Island

    A group of French forces land in Rhode Island

  • Camden Is Lost

    Cornwallis takes Camden

  • British Establish Forts Across South Carolina

    Britain is able to make many forts in South Carolina having a British force there

  • Banastre Tarleton vs Daniel Morgan

    Daniel Morgan led the British in a goose chase and then the Continental Army were able to make the British surrender

  • Help From Lafayette

    Greene worried about defeating the British in the south asked for help from Lafayette by sending him a letter

  • Troops need to get money too

    Congress appoints a rich Philadelphia merchant to handle finances

  • Cornwallis Surrenders

    Cornwallis surrounded by French and American troops gives up

  • British Surrender Near Yourktown

    American and French troops watch British Surrender

  • The British Finally Lay down Their Arms

    The British Decide that They cant keep fighting and give up
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The Delegates sign the Treaty of Paris making the U.S. independent