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The French had been sending the Americans supplies.
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The British retreat from Boston. Moving the war to the Middle States.
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General Howe and Admiral Howe unite with the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled. 32,000 soldiers.
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Washington was outnumbered and his men were untrained and unfit for battle.
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Washington gets pushed across Delaware River into Pennsylvania.
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The continental Army wins again against 1,200 British in Princeton
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Washington led 2,400 men across the Delaware River on Christmas night.
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Americans killed 30, took 918 captives, and six Hessian cannons.
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His campaign to seize Philadelphia
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After seizing Philadelphia Howe settles in to enjoy the hospitality of the loyalists.
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Massed american troops surrounded Burgoyne, and he surrendered to general Gates.
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A bad campout. Lasted 1 year 1777-1778
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The French notice the American's independence with them.
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Friedrich von Steuben begins to train the Americans so they can have a chance to win.
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Britain changes their military strategy and moves to the south.
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Took her husband's place at a cannon while he was injured, what a brave woman!
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A British expedition easily takes Savannah.
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A British expedition easily takes Savannah.
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A royal governor began to command Georgia.
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The two armies join together. He led a command in Virginia in the last years of war.
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General Henry Clinton and Cornwallis sailed across the south with 8,500 men.
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Britain captured Charles Town, North Carolina.
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Britain smashed American forces.
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A French army of 6,000 men landed in New Port, Rhode Island.
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Britain expected the Americans to surrender but the Americans fight back.
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Angered by the loss at Cowpens, Cornwallis attacked Greene.
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Greene writes a letter to Lafayette asking for help.
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Congress hire Robert Morris and his associate Haym Salomon to raise money. They beg and borrow their own credit for the cause of this Revolution.
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Outnumbered by more than 1 to 2 Cornwallis raised the white flag.
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French and American armies lining up a road near Yorktown to witness the British formal surrender.
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Washington, France, and their armies assemble to accept the British surrender.
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Confirming U.S. independence.
