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secretly sent weapons to the Patriots
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join forces on Staten Island and sail into New York harbor
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Continental Army volunteer, described the defeat in New York and the chaotic withdrawal
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Washington resolved to risk everything on one bold stroke
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Washington's men march 9 miles to Trenton, NJ, held by a garrison of Hessians who were drunk and attacked them
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Terms of their enlistment were due to end
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Americans were rallied by another astonishing victory against British stationed at Princeton
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Began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia
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American troops surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his army to General Gates
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Men with George Washington were unprepared for the winter with not enough clothing or supplies
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American troops began an amazing tansformation
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French recognized American Independence and signed a treaty of cooperation with the Americans
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British shift South for Loyalist support and to reclaim colonies
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A royal governor once again commanded Georgia
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Joined Washington's staff and lobbied for French reinforcements in France
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General Henry Clinton along with Charles Cornwallis sailed South with 8,000 men
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smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina
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A French army of 6,000 had landed in Newport, Rhode Island, after the British left to focus on the South
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Congress appointed him as Superintendent of Finance
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Forces met in Cowpens, South Carolina where the Continental army forces the redcoats to surrender
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Cornwallis attacked Greene at Guilford Court House, North Carolina
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Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for help
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Troops were finally paid in specie or gold coin
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the Americans and French closed in on Cornwallis and after he raised the white flag of surrender
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Stood with the American and French armies lining a road near Yorktown, Virginia, to witness British surrender
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Washington, French generals, and their troops assembled to accept the British surrender
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The Delegates signed the Treaty of Paris
