2. Early Defeats
-British capture all major colonial
cities
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Charleston
-Washington’s army in retreat and
many desert

3. Patriot Victories
-a few victories helped keep
morale up
-Dec. 1776 at Trenton
Jan. 1777 at Princeton

5. Turning Point
-large British force defeated at
Saratoga Oct. 1777
-kept British near the coastline
-helped colonists get French
help in the war effort
-turning point of the war

6. Valley Forge
-camp site of Washington’s
army during winter of 1777-78.
-British forces occupied nearby
cities
-many soldiers died of cold and
starvation
-Congress struggled to gain
supplies for the army
-lack of central gov’t

7. Civilian Life
-inflation
-shortage of goods
-women took over the work of
men
-some women helped the military
effort

8. Foreign Help
-foreign military leaders offered
professional training for the
army
-Friedrich von Steuben
Prussian officer who trained
patriot soldiers
-Marquis de Lafayette
led volunteer army from France

9. Southern Campaign
-British strategy changed to
splitting the colonies
-Charleston
captured by Cornwallis
-Kings Mtn
Patriot
-Cowpens
Patriot

10. War’s End
-Guilford Courthouse
costly British victory
-retreat to Yorktown
-surrounded by French and
Americans
-Cornwallis surrenders Oct, 1781

11. Treaty of Paris
-Treaty of Paris 1783
-recognized U.S. independence
-set boundaries to the Mississippi
-some provisions of the treaty will
lead to trouble later

12. Symbol to the World
-liberty
-freedom
-equality
-opportunity
-belief in a greater cause
-set a precedent for the
American future