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French secretly sent weapons to the Patriots.
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British previously retreated from Boston moving the theater of war to the the middle states. To stop the rebellion by isolating New England, the British decide to seize New York City.
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William and Richard Howe joined forces and sailed into New York Harbor with 32,000 soldiers, including Hessians, who fought only for money.
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Vastly outnumbered untrained recruits with poor equipment, the battle for New York ended with an American retreat.
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Michael Graham from the Continental Army describes the chaotic withdrawal from New York.
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Washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked Delaware River. In a surprise attack, the Americans killed 30 of the enemy and took 918 captives and six Hessian cannons.
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Terms of Washington's soldiers were due to end this day.
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General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia.
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Howe's troops sailed from New York and landed near the capital in late August
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Burgoyne surrendered his battered army to General Gates after masses American troops surrounded him at Saratoga.
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The site of the continental army's camp during the winter of 1777-1778. Marked a low point for General Washington's troops, but the Americans' hopes of winning began to improve.
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Friedrich von Steuben a Prussian captain and drill master, volunteered to train American troops.
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French recognized American independence and signed an alliance.
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British change their military strategies and start heading south.
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British expedition took Savannah, Georgia.
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Marquis de Lafayette volunteered his services and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war.
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Royal governor once again commanded Georgia.
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General Henry Clinton replaced Howe in New York along with General Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men.
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French army of 6,000 landed in Newport, Rhode Island, after British left the city to focus on the south.
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British capture Charles Town, South Carolina and marched 5,000 American soldiers off as prisoners of war.
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Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina and British established forts across the state. Patriot bands attacked them and cut communication lines when they advanced into North Carolina.
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Congress made Robert Morris from Philadelphia a superintendent of finance.
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Forces met at Cowpens, South Carolina, the British expected outnumbered Americans to flee; but the Army fought back, and forced redcoats to surrender.
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Cornwallis attacked Greene at Guilford Court House, North Carolina and won.
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Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for help.
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Troops were finally paid due to the efforts of Morris and Salomon.
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Outnumbered and exhausted from constant shelling, Cornwallis raised flag of surrender.
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French and Americans accept the British surrender.
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Peace Treaty
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Delegates signed Treaty of Paris, which confirmed U.S. Independence and set boundaries of the new nation.
