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Early 1776
French have been secretly sending weapons to the patriots, afterb their brutal beaten in the French and Indian War. -
March
British previosly retreated from from Boston moving the theater of the war, to the middle states. -
Summer
General William Howe and his brother Admiral Richard Howe joined forces and and sailed into the New York harbor with the largest British expiditionary ever assembled. -
August
Washington rallied 23000 men to New York's defense. They ended up being vastly outnumbered. The Battle of New York ended late August. -
Fall
British pushed Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. -
Christmas
Washington left for revenge off of the Delaware River. -
Next Day...
Washington's men marched 9 miles through sleet and snow to get to Trenton. In a suprose attack, Americans killed 30 Britich soldiers, took 918 captives, and took 6 Heismen Cannons. -
Spring
General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia. -
August
General Howe's troop finally reached the capital after sailing from the Chesapeake Bay. -
October
Massed American troops finally surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates. -
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Winter
Albigense Waldo worked as a surgeon at Valley Forge outside Philadelphia, which served as the site for the Continental Armies camp during the winter. -
February
France recognized American Independence and signed an alliance with the American's. -
March
Cornwallis attacked Greene at Gulford Courthouse. Cornwallis won the battle, but that lost him a fourth of his troops. -
Summer
British changed battleing strategy and began to shift operations south. -
October
American troops began an amazong transformation in the middle of winter aty Valley Forge -
December
A British expidition easily took Savannah, Georgia -
Spring
A royal Governor once again commanded Georgie. -
January
General Henry Clinton sailed south with 8500 men. He replaced Howe in New York, along with ambitious Charles Cornwallis. -
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Most of 1780
Cornwallis generally succeeded. As the Redcoats advanced, they were joined by thousands of African Americans who had escaped from Patriot's slave owners. -
May
British captured Charlestown South Carolina, and marched off 5500 as prisioners of war. -
August
Cornwallis' army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina. Within 3 months British had established forts across teh states. -
December
Congress apppointed a rich Philadelphia merchant Robert Morris a superintendent of finance. -
January
When the forces meet at Cowpens, South Carolina. The British expected outnumbered Americans to flee, but the Continental Army fought back and forced Red Coats to surrender. -
April
Greene wrote a letter to Layfette asking fof help. Even though he weekend the British. Greene worried about fighting for the South. -
September
Morris and Solomon, a Jewish political refugee, raised funds for the Continental Army. On September 8th, the troops were finally paid in specie, or gold coins. -
Victory at Yorktown
York's troops outnumberd Cornwallis' troops more than a 2:1, and Cornwallis finally raised the white flag of surrender. -
October
A triumphant Washington, French Generals and there troops assembled to accept Britishes surrender. -
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Peace Does Talk...
Peace talks begin at Paris. Represntative's from 4 nations- United States, Great Britain, France and Spain- joined the negotiation, each looking out for its own countries interest. -
INDEPENDENCE!
The delagates signed the Treaty of Paris, which confirmed the U.S independence and set the boundaries of a new nation. -
Unity or Inequality?
Before 1804, most African American were enslaved, and even those who were free usually faced discrimination and poverty. But by 1804 many northern states have taken steps to outlaw slavery.
