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british retrea from boston
the british retret from boston -
french supply the americans
the french begin smuggiling weapons into the colonies -
british gather troops
britian gather troops to take into newyork -
british sail to newyork
general william howe and dmiral richard howe sail into new york harbor wit 32,000 soldiers -
washington crosses the delaware rivier
washington leads his men across the frozen river to face th hessian mercenaries and the british army. -
the battle of trenton
washington after crossing the delaware leads his troops on a surprise attack on the troops camped out in trenton -
americans rally to take princton
happy about the win at trenton americans go to trenton to face the brttish -
general howe gets troops
after the fields weredry enough to be walked on general howe began a campaign to take philadelphia -
howe lands near philadephia
after landing close by, howe takes philadelphia -
the battle of saratoga
general john burgoyne is surroundedby men led by general horatio gates -
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winter at valley forge
the extreme harsh nearly kills everyman out there -
lafayette gets reinfrocements
the marquis de lafayete persuades france to send reinforcements -
French alliance
french sign an alliance with the colonies. -
steuben volunteers
frierich von steuben voulenteers his services to the americans, by traingin the in-experienced militias -
british move south
the british move south knowing that the south is mostly loyalist -
british take savannah
the brttish take savannah -
british governer cntrols the colonie georgis
british regain control of georgia -
clinton and cornwallis sail south
general henry clinon and general charles cornmallis sai to begin the campaign in the south -
british capure charles town
british begins by capturing charles town -
cornwallis destroyed american forces
cronwallis defeats americans who mae a futile attempt at protecing camden. -
Daniel Morgan beats the british
morgan, after being chased by the britissh, fights back at cowpens -
cornwallis ataks greene
cornwallis retliates for the loss at cowpens by attackign the guilford court house -
greene send leter
greene sends a letter to lafayette for reinforcements -
morris is appointed
robert morris is named finacial superintendent -
much funding needed
soldiers were finally paid their salaries in gold coins. -
attack on yorktown begins
the french fleet begins helping in the fight against the british -
cornwallis gives up
cornwallis, outnumbered byalmost twice as many soldiers surrenders -
official surrender at yorktown
british formally surrender to the americans and french -
talks in paris begins
negoiating begins in paris, tlkas of a treay appears. -
treaty of paris is signed
the treaty of paris is signed, officially marking the sart of the independence of the united states of america.
