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Congress , inflation , profiteering
When the Congress ran out of hard currency borrowed money by selling bonds to American investors and foreign governments, like France and printed paper money. As more and more money was printed, its value plunged, causing rising prices, this was called inflation. As they struggle some overnment officials engaged in profiteering, selling scarce corrupt merchants like hoarded goods or sold defective merchandise. -
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British move to the Middle states
After retreating from Boston, the British troops decided to moved from New England down to New York and the middle states -
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British join forces
General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe, joined forces and sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled -
French secretly supply American troops
After the French and Indian War, France secretly supplied the american troops with weapons and supplies. -
American retreat from New York
Washington tried to defend New York, but he was outnumbered and most of his troops were untrained recruits with poor equipment. In late August American troops retreat -
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Pushed to Pennsylvania
By late fall, the British had pushed Washington’s army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania -
Battle of Trenton
2,400 men led by Washington sailed crossed the Delaware River into Trenton, New Jersey to surprise attack on the drunk/ sleeping redcoats -
enlistment were due
The men that remained under Washington’s command, had their enlistment were due. Washington desperately needed some kind of victory for his men to keep them from going home -
Battle of Princeton
eight days later after the battle of Trenton the americans fought against 1,200 British stationed and won -
Battle of Philadelphia
General Howe began his campaign to seize the American capital at Philadelphia.The Continental Congress fled the city while Washington’s troops tried to block the redcoats but the British captured Philadelphia. General Howe the hospitality of the city’s grateful Loyalists. -
Battle of saratoga
After being surrounded by American troops, led by General Horatio Gates, General John surrendered at Saratoga. From that time on, the British generally kept their troops along the
coast, close to the big guns and supply bases of
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Valley Forge
At winter camp in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania General Washington and his meager Continental Army struggled to stay alive amidst bitter cold and primitive conditions -
Alliance with French
After the American victory at Saratoga, the French signed an alliance that confirmed the they agreed to help the united states throughout the war. -
Help from Friedrich von Steuben
Friedrich von Steuben helped the Continental Army at Valley Forge by teaching them how to stand at attention, execute field maneuvers, fire and reload quickly, and wield bayonets. Pretty soon started to become an effective fighting force. -
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Help from Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette was a brave, idealistic 20-year-old French aristocrat, offered his assistance joined Washington’s staff, lobbied for French reinforcements in France in 1779, and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war. He even went through Valley Forge with army. -
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Help from Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette was a brave, idealistic 20-year-old French aristocrat, offered his assistance joined Washington’s staff, lobbied for French reinforcements in France in 1779, and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war. He even went through Valley Forge with army. -
Battle of Savannah
A British easily takes over Savannah, Georgia. -
British Capture Charles Town
General Clinton and Cornwallis sailed south with 8,500 men and captured Charles Town, South Carolina -
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Through the south
After taking control of Georgia Cornwallis continued to try and take over the other Southern colonies -
France arrives at Rhode Island
A French army of 6,000 had landed in Newport, Rhode Island, after the British left and had another fleet in the West Indies. Lafayette suggested that the American and French armies join forces with the other two French fleets and attack the British forces at Yorktown. -
The Battle of Cowpens
the British outnumbered Americans fleet but the american troops fought back, and forced them to surrender. -
the British attack Guilford Court House, North Carolina
Two months after the battle of Cowpens Cornwallis attacked the Guilford Court House, North Carolina. Cornwallis won the battle, but the victory came with great price he almost lost his army. This was the outcome, 93 were killed, over 400 were wounded, and 26 were missing. -
Asking France for help
Nathanael Greene was worried about fighting the British in the Souther States. so he wrote a letter to Marquis de Lafayette, asking for his help. -
Army gets paid
Robert Morris superintendent of finance and his associate was Haym Salomon begged and borrowed on their personal credit to raise money by raised funds fromincluding Philadelphia’s Quakers and Jews to provide salaries for the Continental Army -
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Battle at Yorktown
Lafayette had plan for the Americans and the French to close in on Cornwallis. By having French and American troops surrounded the British on the Yorktown peninsula and bombarded them day and night, while a French naval force had defeated a British fleet and then blocked the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, there by preventing anyone from coming in or out. -
The British surrendered at York town
General Cornwallis raised the white flag on the behave of Grate Britain to Washington, the French generals. After being surrounded by American troops at Yorktown, Virginia. -
Accepting the British surrender
Washington, the French generals, gathered to accept the British surrender. General Cornwallis, handed over his sword, the redcoats laid down their weapons. -
seeking peace
he United States, Great Britain, France, and Spain joined to negotiate in Paris .Britain hoped to avoid giving America full independence. France supported American independence but feared America’s becoming a major power. Spain was interested in acquiring the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. To help negotiate the Continental Congress sent John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay on Americas behalf. -
Treaty of Paris 1782-1783
The Treaty of Paris was the agreement that confirmed that the United Sates were now indepented and now their own country Away for Great Britain. Within the the boarders of Canada - florida and Alantic Ocean - Mississipi River. -
Battle of Camden
Cornwallis’s army smashed American forces at Camden, South Carolina, and within three months the British had established forts across the state
