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Early 1776
The French had secretly sent weapons to the Patriots. -
Start of the war
The British moved the theater of war to the Middle states. -
Summer of 1776
General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe joined forces on Staten Island and sailed into New York Harbor -
Late August
The battle of New York ended. -
August 27,1776
Michael Graham, a Continental Army volunteer describes the chaotic withdraw. -
late fall
The British pushed Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. -
December 25, 1776
Washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked Delaware River. This became known as the battle of Trenton. -
8 o'clock the next morning
The men marched nine miles through sleet and snow to Trention, NJ. -
Spring of 1777
General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital Philadelphia. -
October 17, 1777
Massed American troopsfinally surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his battle army to General Gates. -
February of 1778
The French signed the treaty of cooperation with the Americans. -
February of 1778
American troops began an amazing transformatin. Fredrich von Steuben volunteered to General Washington and went " to make regular soldiers out of country bumokins." -
Summer of 1778
The British began to shift their operations to the south. -
the end of 1778
British moved down to Savannah, Georgia. -
Spring of 1779
A royal governor again commanded Georgia. -
1779
Marquis de Lafayette led a command in Virginia in the last years of war -
1780
General Henry Clinton and General Charles Cornwalis sailed south with 8,500 men. -
May of 1780
The British captured Charlestown, South Carolina and marched 5,500 American soldiers off as prisoners of war. -
August of 1780
As the redcoats advanced, they were joined by thousands of African Americans who had escaped from Patriot slave owners to join the British and win their freedom. -
3 Months Later
Cornwalis' army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina, and had established forts across the states -
January 1781
General Daniel Morgan led the British on a grueling chase through rough country side. The British expected the outnumbered Americans to flee but the Continental Army fought back and forced the redcoats to surrender. -
April 3, 1781
Nathaniel Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette asking for help. -
September 8,1781
The troops were finally paid due to their efforts of Morris and Salmon. -
October 19, 1781
Cornwalis surrenders at Yorktown -
October 19, 1781
Washington, the French general, and their troops assemble to accept British surrender. -
October 19, 1781
Colonel William Fontaine stood with the American and French rmies in Yorktown to witness the formal British surrender. -
1781
Congress appointed Robert Morris as superintendent of finance -
June 1782
Peace talks begin in Paris. -
September of 1783
The Treaty of Paris is signed.
