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France Helped the Continental Army by Sending Weapons
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe Sail into NY Harbor with 32,000 soldiers which included mercenaries
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Washington was at a disadvantage having only 23,000 soldiers to the British's 32,000 soldiers. On top of that the Continental Army was poorly equipped and trained.He ended up having to retreat following heavy losses.
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Washington had less than 8,000 soldiers left and their enlistment ended on December 1st. Washington was desperate and risked everything by crossing the Delaware River to Trenton.
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At 8 o'clock the next day, the Continental Army had marched all the way to Trenton. The Hessians that were stationed there were drunk and were quickly defeated.
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8 Days after the victory at Trenton, the Americans won against 1,200 British Soldiers stationed at Princeton.
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Gen. Howe sailed from NY to Chesapeake Bay. Washington unsuccessfully attempted to block the redcoats at Brandywine Creek.
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The British fought there way to Philadelphia and ultimately win their fight to settle at Philadelphia.
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General Burgoyne gets surrounded at Saratoga and is forced to surrender.
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France recognizes American Independence and signed a Treaty of Cooperation with the Americans.According to these terms France agreed not to make peace with Britain unless they recognize American Independence
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Friedrich Von Steuben drilled the Continental Army into an effective fighting force
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The British hoped to gather Loyalist support in the south and then begin their way up north.Capturing colonies along the way.
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The British didn't really have too much of a problem taking Savannah
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After they took Savannah, they easily took the colony of Georgia, they then appointed a royal governor to command Georgia.
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Lafayette played an important part in the Revolution by lobbying for French Reinforcements.
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This victory is a major one for the British and they made off with 5,500 P.O.W's. Gen. Clinton left for NY leaving Gen. Cornwallis in charge to conquer the south.
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British annihilated American Forces at Camden and soon after set up forts across the colony.
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General Daniel Morgan surprised the British by continuing to fight, and eventually forced them to surrender.
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General Cornwallis was angered by the defeat in Cowpens and defeated General Greene but lost a substantial amount of his army.
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General Greene had weakened the British but was worried about the South and asked Lafayette for help defeating the British.
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Robert Morris and his associate Haym Salomon both worked endlessly to raise money to pay the Continental Army.
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All the efforts from Robert and Haym paid off and they managed to pay the soldiers of the Army.
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Cornwallis gets trapped in Yorktown and is bombarded day and night until he is forced to surrender, being exhausted from constant shelling.
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Representatives of four nations-The United States, Great Britain, France, and Spain joined the negotiation.British wanted to avoid independence while America wanted it.France supported the U.S but was worried about their potential.Spain was interested in gaining land between the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River.
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The treaty confirmed the independence of the U.S and gave land to Spain.The British and the Americans both made deals that they didn't keep or didn't address.
