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The British had previously retreated from Boston, moving the theater of war to the Middle states.
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The French are secretly sending weapons to the Patriots.
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe joined forces on Staten Island and sailed into New York harbor with the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled.
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Michael Graham, a Continental Army volunteer, described the chaotic withdrawal.
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The British had pushed Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania.
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Washington resolved to risk everything on one bold stroke set for tonight.
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Fewer than 8,000 men remained under Washington's command, and the terms of their enlistment were due to end today.
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The Americans were rallied by another astonishing victory eight days later against 1,200 British stationed at Princeton.
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General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia.
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Massed American troops finally surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates.
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A site of the Continental's Army camp during the winter of 1777-1778.
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The French recognized American independence and signed an alliance, or treaty of cooperation with the Americans.
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In the midst of the frozen winter at Valley Forge, American troops began an amazing transformation.
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The British changed their military strategy: they began to shift their operations to the South.
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A British expedition easily took Savannah, Georgia.
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The young Lafayette joined Washington's staff and bored the misery of Valley , lobbied for French reinforcements in France.
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A royal governor once commanded Georgia.
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General Henry Clinton, who had replaced Howe in New York, along with the ambitious general Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men.
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British captured Charles Town, South Carolina and marched 5,500 American soldiers off as prisoners of war.
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Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina and within three months the British had established forts across the state.
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When forces met at Cowpens, South Carolina, the British expected the outnumbered Americans to flee, but the Continental Army fought back, and forced the redcoats to surrender.
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Greene wrote a letter asking for help since he worried about the fight for the South
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The Congress appointed a rich Philadelphia merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance.
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Due to the efforts of Morris and Salomon, the troops were finally paid in specie, or gold coin.
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Since his troops were outnumbered, Cornwallis finally raised his white flag of surrender.
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A triumphant Washington, the French generals, and their troops assembled to accept the British surrender.
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American and French armies stood and witnessed the formal British surrender.
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Peace talks begins in Paris.
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The delegates signed the Treaty of Paris which confirmed U.S independence.
