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Weapon Sending
The French were secretly sending weapons to the Patriots. -
British retreat from Boston
The British retreated from Boston and moved the theater of war to the Middle states. -
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Summer
General Wiliam Howe and Admiral Richard Howe sailed together in to the New York harbor with a large British force. -
New York Battle Ended
The battle for New York ended. The Americans had so many losses, they retreated. -
Late Fall
The British pushed Washington's army across the Delaware River and into Pennsylvania. -
Huge Come Back
George Washingtion led 2,400 men in rowboats across the ice-filled Delaware River to attempt to come back from the many losses they were experiencing. They won. -
Huge Come Back Part 2
Washington's men marched nine miles through snow to reach Trenton, New Jersey to fight Hessians. -
Enlistment Due
George Washington's terms of his men's enlistment was due and he needed to do anything to get his troops a victory to keep them from leaving and going home. -
American Victory!
The Americans had a victory against 1,200 British stationed at Princeton. -
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General Starts Campaign
General Howe began a campaign to end the American capital at Philedelphia, Pennsylvannia. -
Late August
General Howe's troops sailed from New York to the Chesapeake Bay and then landed near the capital. -
Surrender!
Burgoyne surrendered his battered army to General Gates at Saratoga. -
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Winter
During this time, a camspite called Valley Forger was created for the Continental Army. -
French and American Relations
The French signed a treaty of cooperation with the Americans and recognized the Americans independence. -
Amazing Transformation
The French started to teach the American troops better ways to fight at war. This was an amazing transformation for the troops that took place at Valley Forge. -
Summer
The British changed their military strategy, they began to shift their operations to the South for loyalist support and to reclaim their former colonies. -
Captured by British
A British expedition took Savannah, Georgia easily. -
Georgia
A royal governer commanded Georgia once again. -
France
A military leader named Marquis de Lafayette joined the American troops at Valley Forge, pushed for reinforcements for France, and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war. -
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Success!
Cornwallis succeeded. -
Greatest Victory for the British
The British captured Charles Town, South Carolina and marched 5,500 American soldiers off as prisoners of war. Their capturing of Charles Town was their greatest victory of the war. -
Sailing South
General Henry Clinton and general Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men. -
Perfect Timing
A French army landed in Newport, Rhode Island after the British left to go to the South. The 6,000 French men had just missed their enemies. -
British Moving Up
Cornwallis' army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina. Within three months, the British had many forts across the state. -
Yay for the Continental Army!
The forces met at Cowens, South Carolina. The British thought that since the Americans were outnumbered they would flee but the Continental Army fought back and forced the British to surrender. -
Cornwallis Attacks
Cornwallis was mad that his troops were defeated by the Americans so he attacked Greene at the Guilford Court House in North Carolina. Cornwallis won but many of his men were killed. -
Letter to Lafayette
Greene knew he weakened the British but he was still worried about the fight for the South so he wrote a letter to Lafayette asking for his help. -
Robert Morris
The Congress appointed a rich Philedelphia merchant, Robert Morris as the superintendent of finance. -
Money Finally!
Troops were finally paid in gold coin called specie thanks to Morris and Salomon's efforts. -
Cornwallis Surrenders
The American and French troops outnumbered the British by almost two to one and Cornwallis raised the white flag of surrender. -
Watching the British Surrender
Colonel William Fontaine and the American and French armies lined up in Yorktown, Virginia to watch the formal British surrender. -
Accepting the Surrender
Washing and the French generals and their troops were ready to accept the fact that the British surrendered. -
Peace
Talks of peace between the enemies began. -
One Nation
The delegates signed the Treaty of Paris. This treaty confirmed the U.S. Independence and set the boundaries of the new nation.
