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Us history timeline

  • Early 1776

    Early 1776
    Once the Americans won the battle, the French secretly sent them weapons in the early 1776
  • March 1776

    March 1776
    The British left boston and went to the middle states
  • Summer of 1776

    Summer of 1776
    Brothers General William and admiral Richard Howe joined forces on Staten Island and sailed to New York harbor with the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled
  • August 27, 1776

    August 27, 1776
    After the Americans lost the battle at New York, Michael graham, a continental army volunteer, described the chaotic withdrawal
  • December 3rd, 1776

    Less than 8000 men were left with Washington and the terms of their enlistment ended on December 3rd, 1776
  • Christmas night

    Christmas night
    On Christmas night of 1776 Washington would create a sneak attack on the British army
  • Spring of 1777

    Spring of 1777
    General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital of Philadelphia
  • October 17, 1777

    October 17, 1777
    Burgoyne surrendered his army to general gates at Saratoga when American troops surrounded them
  • Winter at valley forge

    Several years before the American revolution was won , they had an experience at valley forge in the winter of 1777-1778
  • The winter of 1777-1778

    The winter of 1777-1778
    While there stay at valley forge, the surgeon, abigence Waldo served at the site of the continental Army's camp
  • February 1778

    February 1778
    The French agreed to become the Americans allies after they noticed their skill
  • February 1778

    The Americans began an amazing transformation when Fredrick Von Steuben offered his assistance to train the men to be soldiers
  • The summer of 1778

    After the British lost at Saratoga they changed their path and went towards the south
  • The end of 1778

    The British easily took savannah , Georgia
  • Spring of 1779

    The royal governed once again took control of Georgia
  • 1779

    The young 20 year old Lafayette also joined washingtons staff and even commanded in Virginia in the last years of year
  • 1780

    General Henry Clinton replaced General Howe and along side with him was General Charles Cornwallis sailed south
  • May 1780

    In May the British took the victory while capturing Charles town , South Carolina
  • 1780

    For most of 1780 Cornwallis succeeded the most, not to mention that African Americans were escaping patriot slave owners to join the British at war to gain freedom
  • 1780

    The French army landed in Newport, Rhode Island and meet up with the Americans which then became allies
  • Egalitarianism of 1780

    During the war the belief in the equality of all people was established but was only applied to men
  • January 1781

    At the battle at South Carolina the British suspected the outnumbered Americans would leave but they stayed and fought back which led the redcoats to surrender
  • April 3, 1781

    Greene had weakened the redcoats but that didn't mean they still weren't capable of fighting back. He was worried about the fight for the south and wrote a letter to Lafayette asking for help
  • September 8, 1781

    September 8, 1781
    The troops finally got paid in specie or gold coins thanks to Morris and salmon
  • October 17, 1781

    At the battle of Yorkshire General Cornwallis finally surrendered and raised his white flag
  • October 19, 1781

    Colonial William Fontaine of the Virginia militia stood with the American and French armies lining a road near Yorktown, Virginia, on the afternoon of October 19, 1781, to witness the formal British surrender
  • October 19, 1781

    The American and French generals all got together to accept the British surrender
  • 1782

    Representatives of four nations; American, Britain, Spain, and France. They all tried to figure something to work out for everyone's interest
  • The treaty of Paris

    September 1783 was the time the treaty of Paris was signed allowing Americans there independence
  • 1804

    Many northern states around this time were outlawing slavery