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A turning point
French secretly sends weapons to the patriots. -
March 1776
British had previously retreated from boston,moving the theater of war to the middle states. -
Defeat in new York
Two brothers,General William howe amd admiral richard howe salies into new york harbor with the largest British expeditionary force-32,000 soldiers and thousands of German mercenaries. -
Defeat in new york
Michael graham,a continental army volunteer,described the chaotic withdrawal -
The Battle of Trenton
Washington risks everything on one bold stroke set for Christmas night,1776 -
The Battle of Trenton
In December 26,the men had marched nine miles through sleet and snow to trenton -
December 31
Fewer than 8,000 soldiers remained under Washingtons command and the terms of their enlistment were due to end -
The fight for Philadelphia
In the spring of 1777,General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia -
Saratoga
Massed Americans troops surrounded at saratoga,where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates. -
Winter 1777-1778
Albigense worked as a surgeon at valley forge -
February 1778
The french recognized American independence and signed an alliance or treaty of cooperation with thw americans -
European allies shift the balance
In the midst of the frozen winter at valley forge,American troops began am amazing transformation. -
The British move south
Ather the defeat at saratoga the British began to shift their operations to the south -
Savannah,Georgia
A British expedition easily took savannah,Georgia -
Lafayette
Helped Washingtons staff and bore the misery of valley forge and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war -
Spring of 1779
A royal governor once again commanded Georgia once again command Georgia -
Charles cornwallis
General Henry replace howe in nee york with the ambito general charles cornwallis -
Charles town,South Carolina
The British capture Charles town,South Carolina and marched with 5,500 American soldiers of war -
Camden,South Carolina
Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at candem,South Carolina -
Victory at cowpens,South Carolina
British expected that the outnumbered Americans to flee but they fought back and forced redcoats to surrendered. -
A letter to lafayette
Greene writes to lafayette for help -
Financing the war
Congress appointed a rich Philadelphia merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance -
Pay day
The troops were fanally paid in specie or gold coin -
Victory at yorktown
Cornwallis raised the white flag of surrender -
British surrender
Colonel william fontaine of the Virginia milia stood woth the American and french armies line in a road near yorktown,to witness the formal British surrender.washington,the french and the troops assemble to accept the British surrender -
Peace
Peace talk begins in paris -
Treaty if paris
The delegates sign the treaty of Paris,which confirmed u.s. Independence and set boundaries of the new nation -
Outlaw slavery
Many northern states had taken steps to outlaw slavery
