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British retreated from Boston
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General Wiliam and Admiral Richard Howe sailed into New York harbor with the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled
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Michael Graham described the chaotic withdrawl between Washington and the British
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British pushed Washington's army across thelaware river into Pennsylvania
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Washington resolved to risk everythimg on one stroke
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General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital of Philidelphia
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Battle for New York ended
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At Saratoga, Burgoyne surrendered his battered army to General Gates
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Valley Forge served as the site of the Continental Army's camp during the winter
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The few men that remained under Washington's command enlistments were due to end
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The French had secretly sent weapons to the Patriots
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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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British began to shift their operations to the South
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A royal governor once again commanded Georgia
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Marquis de Lafayette joined Washington's staff and bore the misery of Valley Forge, lobbied for the French reinforcements in France
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British expedition easily took Savannah, Georgia
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British captured Charles Tow, South Carolina and marched 5500 American soldiers off as prisoners of war
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General Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8500 men
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A French army of 6000 had landed in Newport, Rhode Island after the British left the city to focus on the South
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Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina
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Within 3 months the British had established forts across the state
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When the forces met in 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 to Lafayette asking for help
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The Congress appointed a rich Philadelphia merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance
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Troops were finally paid in specie, or gold coins
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With his troops outnumbered by more than two to one and exhausted from constant shelling, Cornwallis finally raised the white flag of surrender
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Colonel William Fontaine of the Virginia militia stood with the American and French armies lining a road near Yorktown, Virginia
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Peace talks began in Paris
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Delegates signed the Treaty of Paris, which confirmed U.S. Independence and set new boundaries of the new nation.
