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France had been secrelty sending weapons to the Americans.
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British had retreated from Boston, and moved to the Middle colonies. The British had seized New York.
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe worked together to join their forces in Staten Island then sail into the New York harbor.
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British wanted to isolate New York and make a huge barrier between the colonies. With 32,000 men the Howe brothers successfully pushed Washington and his men out across the Delaware River and into Pennsylvania
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Wahington led 2,400 men across the Deleware River on Christmas night of 1776
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Washington and his men had successfully captured Trenton, New Jersey in a sneal attack, along with 917 enemies, and 6 hession cannons. They killed 30 of the other men.
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Less than 8,000 me stayed under Washington's command the rest had deserted the Army or had been killed. The terms of their enlistment were suposssed to end.
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Washington defeated the British again in Princeton, New Jersey. The army marched to a winter camp near Morristown, New Jersey.
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General Howe had started his campaign in order to seize Philadelphia, the American capital.
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When the British had settled right next to Philadelphia the Continental Congress had fled as Washington and his med couldn't protect the colonies capital.
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Under General Gates' command the Americans defeated Ceneral Burgoyne and had foiled his whole plan. Americans had captivated a whole British Army, and forced the British out back to the coast. This was a huge turning point in the war.
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Valley Forge was the Continental Army's campsite during the winter. While British troops occupied warm homes when they took over Philadelphia, the Americans were unprepared for the winter. This wwas a low point for General Washington and his troops.
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Friedrich von Steuben volunteered to work "to make regular soldiers out of country bumpkins". He showed the American soldiers different skills of warefare
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The British decided to change their military strategy and moved their operations down to the south
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French had recognized American Independence. France had decided to join forces with the Americans in the war agaisnt Great Britian.
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The British started totake over Savannah, Georgia.
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General Lafayette decided to join General Washington and was in command in Virginia during the last couple years of the war. He showed the American soldiers a lot of useful warfare skills
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Britain successfully got Georgia back, and a royal governor was now in command once again.
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General Henry Clinton was to replace General Howe in New York. He sailed south with 8,500 men along with General Charles Cornwallis.
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British forced 5,500 Americans as war prisoners as the captured Charles Town, South Carolina.
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Within three months the British army under command of General Charles Cornwallis built forts across the states.
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The Congress appointed Robert Morris as superintendent of finance. He was a rich merchant in Philidelphia.
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Redcoats were forced to surrender to the Continental Army in Cowpens, South Carolina.
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Cornwallis attacked General Greene at Guilford Court House, North Carolina.
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General Greene had written a letter to General Lafayatte of France asking for his help.
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Haym Salomon and Robert Morris made efforts towards the soldier's pament. They were finally payed in specie, or gold coin.
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Cornwallis finally surrenders to the Americans.
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Colonel William Fontaine stood with the French and American army along with his Virginian militia on a road near Yorktown, Virginia to find the British surrender.
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The Americans accept the surender.
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Talk of Peace began in Paris, France.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by delegates.
