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Early 1776
The French still bitter about their loss to Britain has been secretly been sending the Patriots weapons since early 1776 -
March 1776
The British retreated from Boston -
March 1776
British has previously retreated from Boston -
Summer of 1776
The two Howe brothers joined forces and led the largest British expeditionary force to take New York -
Summer of 1776
The two howe brather led the British army to take over New York from the colonists -
August 27, 1776
Americans retreat from New York following heavy losses -
August 27, 1776
The Americans retreat from New York following the Battle of New -
Late Fall of 1776
The British has pushed Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania -
Late Fall of 1776
The British push Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania -
December 25, 1776
Washington led 2400 men across the Delaware River to sneak up on the Hessian -
Christmas of 1776
Washington led his army of 2400 men across the Delaware River to attack the Hessians -
26th of December
Around 8 o'clock Washington's army marched nine miles and catch the hungover Hessians by surprise killing 30, taking 918 captive, and six Hessian cannons. -
December 31, 1776
Fewer than 8000 men remained under Washington's command, and the terms of their enlistment were due to end on December 31 -
December 31st
The date where 8000 soilder's enlistment were due to end in Washington's army -
January 3rd
The Americans rally another victory at Princeton against 1200 British soldiers -
Spring of 1777
General Howe begins his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia -
October 17, 1777
American troops finally surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates -
Winter of 1777
It's the Winter of Valley Forge where George Washington army was struggling to stay alive -
Winter of Valley Forge
Winter of Valley Forge where George Washington army was struggling to survive -
February 1778
The French recognized American independence and signed an alliance, or treaty of cooperation, with the Americans -
February 1778
At Valley Forge the American troops begin to transform into an effective army led by Friedrich von Steuben -
Someone Else Joins
Another military leader, the Marquis de Lafayette, a brave 20-year-old French aristocrat, offered his assistance -
Summer of 1778
The British shift their operations to the South to get loyalists allies -
The End of 1778
A British expedition easily took Savannah, Georgia -
Spring of 1779
A royal governor once again commanded Georgia -
1779
Lafayette joined Washington's staff and bore the misery of Valley Forge, lobbied for French reinforcements in France -
April 1780
General Henry Clinton and General Charles Cornwallis sailed south with 8500 men -
May 1780
In the greatest victory of the war, the British captured Charles Town, South Carolina, and marched 5500 American soldiers off as prisoners of war -
1780
A French army of 6000 had landed in Newport, Rhode Island -
August 1780
Cornwallis's army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina -
November 1780
The British have established forts across South Carolina -
January 1781
When the forces of Morgan and Tarleton meet at Cowpens, South Carolina, the British expected the outnumbered Americans to flee; but the Continental Army fought back, and forced the redcoats to surrender -
Revenge of the Cornwallis
Angered by the defeat at Cowpens, Cornwallis attacked Greene at Guilford Court House, North Carolina and won but it cost Cornwallis a fourth of his troops -
April 3, 1781
Greene had weakened the British, but he worried about the fight for the South. So he wrote a letter to Lafayette, asking for help -
1781
The Congress appointed a rich Philadelphia merchant named Robert Morris as superintendent of finance -
September 8, 1781
Due to the efforts of Morris and Salomon the troops were finally paid in specie, or gold coin -
October 17, 1781
With his troops outnumbered two to one and exhausted from constant shielding, Cornwallis finally raised the white flag of surrender -
October 19, 1781
American and French armies lining the road near Yorktown witnessing the surrender of the British -
1782
Peace talk began between the United States, Great Britain, France, and Spain -
September 1783
The delegates sign the Treaty of Paris, which confirmed U.S. independence and set boundaries of the new nation
