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Since early 1776, the French had secretly sent weapons to Patriots.
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British previously retreated from Boston, moving the war to the middle states
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe sailed to New York Harbor with 32,000 soldiers to seize New York.
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The battle ends with American colonist retreating when the British succeeded on capturing New York.
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British pushed Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania.
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Washington led a army of 2,400 in small rowboats across Delaware River.
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By 8 o'clock in the morning, Washington and troops marched 9 miles to Trenton and with a surprise attack, they captured the city.
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Many of the men in the continental armys contracts were due to end.
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Americans had another victory at Princeton against 1,200 British soldiers.
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General Howe wanted to seize theAmerican capital at Philedelphia.
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When the Britsh came, the Continental Congress fled while Washington's troops tried to block them but the British pushed throught and captured the city.
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Massed American troops surrounded Burgoyne and British troops at Saratoga and he surrendered to General Gates.
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George Washington and his army stayed at Valley Forge camp for the winter of 1777 to 1778.
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The French signed an alliance with the Americans to help them in the Revolutionary war.
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American troops at Valley Forge began to change when Friedrich von Steuben comes and turns the army into a good one.
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The British began to shift their operations to the South.
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British expedition easily took Savannah, Georgia.
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Marquis de Lafayette asked for help from the French after seeing Valley Forge's condition.
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Royal governer once again commanded Georgia.
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General Henry Clinton who replaced General Howe in New York, sailed south with General Charles Cornwallis and 8,500 men.
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The British captured Charles Town, Sotuh Carolina and took 5,500 American soldiers as prisoners.
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A French army of 6,000 landed in Newport, Rhode Island after the British left the city to focus on the South.
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Cornwallis' army destroyed American forces at Camden, South Carolina.
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Birtish troops had established forts across the state of South Carolina.
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General Morgan and his army met the British at Cowpens, South Carolina and forced British to surrender.
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Cornwallis attacked Greene at Guilford Court House, North Carolina, Cornwallis won the battle but cost him many of his troops.
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Greene wrote letter to Lafayette asking for help because he was worried about the fight for the South even though he weakened the British.
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Congress appointed Robert Morris as superintendent of finance with Haym Salomon
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Due to the efforts of Morris and Salomon, the troops were finally paid for their hard work.
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Cornwallis surrenders after three weeks of fighting when the French fleet blocked Chesapeake Bay and 17, 000 French and American troops surrounded the British on the Yorktown peninsula
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American and French troops gather near Yorktown, Virginia to see the British surrender.
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Representatives of four nations, the United States, Great Britain, France, and Spain looked for peace and negotiations.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed and confirmed the American colonists independence from Britain.
