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Help on the Down Low
French secretly sent weapons to the patriots. -
British Retreat
The British retreat from Boston to the Middle states. As part of a plan to isolate New England and seize NYC. -
Staten Island
General William How's and Admiral Richard Hope joined Staten Island and sailed to NY with the largest British expeditionary. Along with German mercenaries, also known as Hessians. -
Washington Rallies Men
Washington rallies 23,000 men in NY to fight the British, but they are outnumbered, untrained and end up retreating . Leading to a lost. -
Battle of Trenton
On Christmas Washington leads 2,400 men across the Delaware River to Trenton. Where they surprise the Hessian/British in an attack. They kill 30,take 918 captive and take6 Hessians cannons. -
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Albigene Waldo
Albigene Waldo worked as a surgeon at Valley Forge outside of Philadelphia. It served as the site of the Continental Army's camp in the winter. -
Plan
General How's started a campaign to seize Philadelphia. His troops sailed to Chesapeake Bay. -
Philadelphia
The British landed near Philadelphia, glad the city & captured it. -
Late Fall
The British had pushed Washingtons army across the Delaware river into Pen. -
Later...
The Americans had a victory against 1,200 British stationed at Princeton. -
Saratoga
American troops surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrenders to General Gates. -
Alliance Made
The victory of Saratoga lead the French to trust in the American army, and agree to support them. They sign an allience, or treat of cooperation. -
Friedrich von Steuben
Friedrich,a Prussian captain volunteers to help Washington. He teaches the troop to stand at attention, execute feuild maneuvers,fire and relaod quickly, and weild bayonets. -
South
The British began to shift their operations to the South, in hope of rallying Loyalists. -
Finally
Congress was finally able to pay the troops with specie,or gold coins. -
Savannah, Georgia
The British easily took Savannah, Georgia. -
Georgia
A royal governor took control of Georgia. -
Lafayette
Marquis De Lafayette joined Washington. -
The British Move South
The British capture Charles Town,South Carolina and marched 5,500 American soldiers as war prisoners. -
Continue to move South
Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina. -
Forts
The British establish forts across the state. -
Sailing South
General Henry Clinton with Cornwallis sailed South with 8,500 men. -
Rhode Island
A french army of 6,000 landed in Newport, Rhode Island. -
Cowpens, South Carolina
Daniel Morgan and Cornwallis forces met at Cowpens,SC. The British thought they would out number them but the continental army forced them to surrender. -
Revenge
Cornwallis attacks Greene at Guilford Court House, North Carolina. Cornwallis wins but losses a lot of men. -
Help
Lafayette writes a letter asking for help for the south, because the British are taking over them. -
The Britsh Surrender at Yorktown
Lafayette's troops outnumbered the British and they surrendered. -
Surrender
George Washington assembledthe French general's, and their troops to accept the British surrender. -
Treaty of Paris
The delegates sighned the treaty of paris, which confirmed U. S. Independence and set boundaries of the new nation.
