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British planned to stop rebellion by isolating New England. The British attempted to seize New York. Sailed into the New York harbor with 32,000 soldiers including Hessians.
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Hessians- Germans hired to fight for Britain.
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Patriots wanted independence and loyalists wanted to stay under British rule
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Washington and his men cross the frozen Delaware river Christmas night amid the next morning to launch a surprise attack on the Hessians surrendered
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British General Burgoyne was leading his men down from Canada and he was expecting reinforcements but the other British troops were preoccupied so the Americans were able to surround Burgoyne and his men.
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Washington and his army- low on food and supplies- fought to stay alive at the camp during the winter. More than 2,00 men died but the survivors didn't desert.
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A Prussian captan and talented drill master, helped train the contenental army at valley forge.
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The British easily took it over and it was their greatest victory of the war. Won by British generals Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis.
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French military leader who arrived at valley forge to offer help. Lobbied for French reinforcements and let a command in Virginia in the last years of the war.
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When more money is printed and its value plunges causing rising prices
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Captured by British generals Cornwallis and Clinton.
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One of the British generals that captured Charlestown, South Carolina.
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Congress appointed Robert Morris as superintendent. Haym Salomon a Jewish political refugee from Poland was his associate. They begged and borrowed on their personal credit to gain money for the continental army.
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Where Cornwallis and his men camped at following many losses. They planned to take Virginia. Lafayette and Washington defeated British by using a French naval force and blocking the entrance to the Chesapeake bay.
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The delegates signed it conferring u.s. Independence and set the boundaries.
