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The French have been secretly providing weapons to the patriots since 1776
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The British retreat from Boston and moved the war to the middle states
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Summer of 1776
William and Richard Howe join forces on Staten Island and sailed into the NY harbor with the British -
The battle for New York ended on this day
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2,400 men took rowboats across Delaware River
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At 8 AM the 2,400 men Made surprise attack on the British in Trenton
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Washington's men's enlistment ended on this day
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American won victory against British in Princeton, NJ
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Spring of 1777
General Howe started a campaign to seize the American capital in Philedalphia -
Americans surrender at Saratoga
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Winter of 1777-1778
he worked as a surgeon at Valley Forge -
French signed a treaty of cooperation with the Americans
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Friedrich von Steuben taught colonial soldiers how to be better soldiers
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British changed their war operations to the South (summer)
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British took expedition to Savannah, Georgia
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Marquis de Lafayette lobbied for French reinforcements
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Royal governor commanded Georgia
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Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men
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British captured Charles Town, South Carolina
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British established forts across South Carolina
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French army landed in Newport, Rhode Island
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British expected the Americans to flee but they ended up fighting back, forcing the British to surrender
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American congress made Robert Morris superintendent of finance
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Cornwallis attacked Greene at Guilford courthouse in North Carolina
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Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette asking for help
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American troops finally get paid
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Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans
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Colonel William Fonataine watched with the American army as the British surrender
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Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the war
