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French have been secretly sending weapons to the patriots, afterb their brutal beaten in the French and Indian War.
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British previosly retreated from from Boston moving the theater of the war, to the middle states.
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General William Howe and his brother Admiral Richard Howe joined forces and and sailed into the New York harbor with the largest British expiditionary ever assembled.
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Washington rallied 23000 men to New York's defense. They ended up being vastly outnumbered. The Battle of New York ended late August.
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British pushed Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania.
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Washington left for revenge off of the Delaware River.
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Washington's men marched 9 miles through sleet and snow to get to Trenton. In a suprose attack, Americans killed 30 Britich soldiers, took 918 captives, and took 6 Heismen Cannons.
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General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia.
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General Howe's troop finally reached the capital after sailing from the Chesapeake Bay.
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Massed American troops finally surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates.
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Albigense Waldo worked as a surgeon at Valley Forge outside Philadelphia, which served as the site for the Continental Armies camp during the winter.
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France recognized American Independence and signed an alliance with the American's.
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Cornwallis attacked Greene at Gulford Courthouse. Cornwallis won the battle, but that lost him a fourth of his troops.
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British changed battleing strategy and began to shift operations south.
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American troops began an amazong transformation in the middle of winter aty Valley Forge
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A British expidition easily took Savannah, Georgia
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A royal Governor once again commanded Georgie.
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General Henry Clinton sailed south with 8500 men. He replaced Howe in New York, along with ambitious Charles Cornwallis.
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Cornwallis generally succeeded. As the Redcoats advanced, they were joined by thousands of African Americans who had escaped from Patriot's slave owners.
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British captured Charlestown South Carolina, and marched off 5500 as prisioners of war.
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Cornwallis' army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina. Within 3 months British had established forts across teh states.
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Congress apppointed a rich Philadelphia merchant Robert Morris a superintendent of finance.
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When the forces meet at Cowpens, South Carolina. The British expected outnumbered Americans to flee, but the Continental Army fought back and forced Red Coats to surrender.
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Greene wrote a letter to Layfette asking fof help. Even though he weekend the British. Greene worried about fighting for the South.
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Morris and Solomon, a Jewish political refugee, raised funds for the Continental Army. On September 8th, the troops were finally paid in specie, or gold coins.
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York's troops outnumberd Cornwallis' troops more than a 2:1, and Cornwallis finally raised the white flag of surrender.
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A triumphant Washington, French Generals and there troops assembled to accept Britishes surrender.
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Peace talks begin at Paris. Represntative's from 4 nations- United States, Great Britain, France and Spain- joined the negotiation, each looking out for its own countries interest.
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The delagates signed the Treaty of Paris, which confirmed the U.S independence and set the boundaries of a new nation.
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Before 1804, most African American were enslaved, and even those who were free usually faced discrimination and poverty. But by 1804 many northern states have taken steps to outlaw slavery.
