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French begin sending weapons to the Patriots
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British retreat from Boston to New York City
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe go to New York City with 32,000 redcoats
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Washington brings 23,000 men to fight the British in New York City
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Washington is pushed into Pennsylvania
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The Battle of Trenton takes place. Washington sails across the Delaware river
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Patriots kill 30 of the enemy, take 918 prisoners and take 6 cannons
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Patriots defeat 1,200 redcoats stationed at Princeton
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British capture Philidelphia
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Patriots win Battle of Saratoga
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Winter of Valley Forge
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French make alliance with Americans
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Fredrich con Stouben trains Patriot soliders
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British begin to move south
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British take Savvanah
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British are commannded to Georgia again
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French general (Marquis de Lafayette) commands soliders in Virginia
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Henry Clinton and Cornwallis sail south with 8,500 men
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British capture Charles Town, South Carolina
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Cornwallis establishes forts across the south
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French and American armies join forces and head for Yorktown
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Patriots win in Cowpens, South Carolina and force Britain to surrender
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Greene attacks Guilford Court House, North Carolina. Cornwallis wins but his army is badly hurt
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Greene writes a letter to Lafayette asking for help
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Congress appoints Robert Morris as superintendent of Finance
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Saloman and Morris finally pay soliders in gold coins
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Patriots win Yorktown
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The Biritsh formally surrender
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Washington accepts British surrender
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Delegates sign Treaty of Paris
