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French secretly started sending Americans supplies
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British retreat from Boston
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British General and Admiral Howe join forces on Staten Island
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George Washington's men run away and he loses New York
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British push George Washington across the Delaware river into Pennsilvania
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George Washington crosses the Delaware River to Trenton New Jersey
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George Washington and his men launch a sneak attack on British soldiers in Trenton
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Americans win against British in Princeton
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British Troops lead by General Howe take Pennsilvania
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American General Gates wins against British General Burgoyne at Saratoga
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Winter at Valley Forge
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France and Americans signed an alliance
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Prussian General Friedrich Von Steuben trains Washington's militia into soldiers
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British move south to gain loyalist support
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British took control of Savannah, Georgia
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Marquis De Lafayette joins George Washington's staff and helps get the French to continue giving supplies to American troops
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A Royal Governor commands Georgia
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British Generals Clinton and Cornwallis capture Charles Town, South Carolina
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French Army landed in Newport, Rhode Island
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Cornwallis's army takes Camden, South Carolina
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British try to advance to North Carolina but are stopped by Patriots and are forced back to South Carolina
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Congress makes Philadelphian merchant Robert Morris superintendent of finance
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American Generals Morgan and Greene forced red coats to surrender at Cowpens, South Carolina
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Cornwallis attacks Greene at Guildford Court House and wins but loses a lot of men
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Nathanael Greene sends a letter to Lafayette asking for help
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American troops were finally paid
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The nations Signed the Treaty of Paris
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Cornwallis raises the white flag of surrender
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British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
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The nations America, France, Great Britain, and Spain meet in Paris to negotiate
