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Treaty of frendship
Who: Ben Franklin, Louis XVI
What: France promises money soldiers and ships to help -
Period: to
Attacks in the frontier
Who: George Rogers Clark, Native Americans
Where: Modern Illions, Indiana
What: Convince tribes to join US side -
British capture Charleston
Who: British and American Armies
Where: Charelston, SC
Why: Dny Americans port -
Creation of the Navy
Who: John Pual Jones "Father of the American Navy"
What: USS Bonhomme Richard, takes the fight to Britain
Where: British Coast
Why: Disrupt trade
Results: Captures British warship Outnumber 2:1 "Surrender?" "I have not yet begun to fight" -
Battle of Kings Mountain
Who: American Milita, Loyalist Militia
What: Subdue northern GA
Where: Kings Mountain, SC
Results: American Win