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The French
secretly sent weapons to the Patriots -
British retreat from Boston
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General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe
join forces on Staten Island and sail into New York harbor -
Michael Graham
Continental Army volunteer, described the defeat in New York and the chaotic withdrawal -
Christmas Night
Washington resolved to risk everything on one bold stroke -
Battle of Trenton
Washington's men march 9 miles to Trenton, NJ, held by a garrison of Hessians who were drunk and attacked them -
Men Under Washington's command
Terms of their enlistment were due to end -
Another Victory
Americans were rallied by another astonishing victory against British stationed at Princeton -
General Howe
Began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia -
Battle of Saratoga
American troops surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his army to General Gates -
Valley Forge
Men with George Washington were unprepared for the winter with not enough clothing or supplies -
The midst the winter at Valley Forge
American troops began an amazing tansformation -
French and American Alliance
French recognized American Independence and signed a treaty of cooperation with the Americans -
British Move South
British shift South for Loyalist support and to reclaim colonies -
Royal Governor
A royal governor once again commanded Georgia -
British took over Savannah, Georgia
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Lafayette
Joined Washington's staff and lobbied for French reinforcements in France -
General Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis
General Henry Clinton along with Charles Cornwallis sailed South with 8,000 men -
British captured Charles Town, South Carolina
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Cornwallis's Army
smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina -
The French Army
A French army of 6,000 had landed in Newport, Rhode Island, after the British left to focus on the South -
Robert Morris
Congress appointed him as Superintendent of Finance -
Forces meet
Forces met in Cowpens, South Carolina where the Continental army forces the redcoats to surrender -
Cornwallis attacks
Cornwallis attacked Greene at Guilford Court House, North Carolina -
Help!
Greene wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for help -
Pay Day
Troops were finally paid in specie or gold coin -
Battle of Yorktown
the Americans and French closed in on Cornwallis and after he raised the white flag of surrender -
Colonel William Fontaine of Virginia Militia
Stood with the American and French armies lining a road near Yorktown, Virginia, to witness British surrender -
Accepting Surrender
Washington, French generals, and their troops assembled to accept the British surrender -
The Revolutionary War Ends
The Delegates signed the Treaty of Paris
