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The British army in that area retreats from Boston
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Two brothers General Willaim Howe and Admiral Richard Howe joined forces on Staten Island and sailed into New York Harbor
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The Battle for New York ends with an American retreat
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Continental Army volunteer, Michael Graham describes the chaotic withdrawl from New York
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British army pushes Washingtons army across the Deleware river to Pennsylyania
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Washington crosses Deleware river and took Trenton from British hired Hessian soldiers
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The soldiers in Washingtons army's terms of enlistment were due to end
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Washington won at Princeton
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British troops capture American capital
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General John Burgoyne surrendered to American General Gates
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The Continental Army settle at Valley Forge frezzing and starving to death.
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French and Americans sign a treaty of alliance
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Friedrich von Steuben, a Prussian captain/drillmaster started training American soldiers
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British shifted operations to the Southern colonies
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British took over Savannah, Georgia
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Royal governor commanded Georgia again
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Marquis de Lafayette lobbied for French reinforcement for Washingtons army
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General Henry Clinton and General Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men
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British capture Charles Town, South Carolina taking over 5,500 American prisoners
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Cornwallis' army smash American forces at Camden, South Carolina
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The French army landed in Newport, Rhode Island
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Redcoats surrender at Cowpens, South Carolina
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Cornwallis' army won at Guilford court house
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Greene had weakened the British, but he worried about the fight for the South, so he wrote a letter to Lafayette , asking for help
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Congress appoints merchant Robert Morris as superintendent of finance
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Due to the efforts of Morris and Salmon, the troops were finally paid in specie, or gold
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Cornwallis surrendered
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British surrender at Yorktown
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Last official surrender of British
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Delegates sign the Treaty of Paris confirming U.S. independence
