The document summarizes key events and battles of the American Revolutionary War, including: 1) Washington's army was defeated in multiple battles in New York but managed to surprise and capture 900 Hessian soldiers in Trenton on Christmas night 1777, providing a much-needed victory. 2) The battle of Saratoga in 1777 resulted in General Burgoyne's surrender, prompting France to enter the war on the side of the Americans. 3) The winter of 1777-78 saw Washington's desperate army training at Valley Forge, suffering from disease and lack of supplies but emerging as a stronger force. 4) The British were defeated at Yorktown in 1781 after the French

1. The American War for Independence From Despair to Hope

7. Crossing the Delaware

12. Saratoga

13. Burgoyne

15. Surrender at Saratoga Burgoyne Gates

18. Suffering at Valley Forge

19. Von Steuben

23. Cornwallis

25. Washington & Layfaette