* First battle * Very violent * British came in very confident
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Princeton & Trenton
Winter 1776-1777
* Guerilla warfare * Happened on Christmas morning * Continental army surprise attacked the British * Looked for ways to conserve supplies
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Saratoga
Oct. 1777
* Turning point of the war * The French decided to help the colonists due to shared hatred of the British * Benjamin Franklin convinced to French to help
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Valley Forge
Winter 1777-1778
* A time period where it seemed like the colonists were going to lose * Continental army was struggling with the winter and lack of food.
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Yorktown
1781
* Cornwallis surrendered which led to the end of the war * French navy blocked their escape