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Weapons to the Patriots
The French begin to send weapons to the Patriots -
British Retreat
The British retreat from Boston to NYC -
Off to New York
General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe go to New York with 32,000 redcoats. -
Washington Gathers Men to Fight
Washington gets 23,000 men to fight British soldiers in NYC -
Late Fall 1776
Washington is pushed into Pennsylvania, he desperatly needs a win because soldiers enlistments end on December 31st. -
Christmas Night, 1776, Battle of Trenton
Washingon sails accross Delaware River -
8 p.m the next day
The patriots kill 30 of the enemy take 918 captives, and take 6 cannons. -
8 Days Later, 1777
They won against 1,200 British stationed at Princeton -
Spring 1777
The British capture Philadelphia -
October 17th, 1777, Battle of Saratoga
Americas surround gates of Saratoga and British surrender. This was the turning point of the war. -
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Valley Forge, Winter of 1777-1778
Patriots had to make quarters in makeshift hits in the freezing snow covered woods of Pennsylvania -
Alliance with America
French make Alliance with America -
Transformed Patriots
Fredrich von Stouben trandforms Patriots rookie soldiers into well trained men. -
Summer of 1778
The British begin to move South -
End of 1778
British take Savvanah -
Marquis de Lafayette
French General Marquis De Lafayette joined forces with Washington, lobbied for French resources, and led a command in Virginia that would last a couple years. -
Spring of 1779
Britain is commanded to Georgia ain -
Henry Clinton
Henry Clinton and Cornwallis sail south with 8,500 men -
British Advance
The British capture Charles Town, South Carolina -
Cornwallis
Cornwallis makes forts across America -
Joined Forces
The American and French army join forces and head to Yorktown -
British Forced to Surrender
In Cowpens, Soth Carolina, the patriots won and forced Britain to surrender. -
Cornwallis Wins War
Greene attacks Guilford Court House, North Carolina, and Cornwallis wins the war. The British are badly hurt. -
Robert Morris
The Congress makes Robert Morris Superintendant of Finance -
Letter to Lafayette
Grenne writes a letter to Lafayette asking him for help. -
The Soldiers are Paid!
Saloman and Morris finally pay the soldiers with gold coins. -
Yorktown
The Patriots win the Battle of Yorktown. This battle took place at Yorktown, Virginia, and it was the battle that "ended" the Revolutionary War. -
Surrender!
The British formally surrender, and the patriots hard work paid off. -
Washington takes a step forward
Washington accepts British surrender. -
Treaty of Paris
The Delgates sign the Ttreaty of Paris
