This group was opposed to the separation from England and tried to stop the war.
This man led a successful guerilla campaign against British forces in the Ohio River Valley, on the western edge of the colonies.
At this crucial battle, the main British army was forced to surrender after it was trapped between the US army & the French Navy.
When the war began, the US didn't really have a navy, but it did have these.
The King's government rejected this last-gasp effort by Congress to avoid a full scale war.
These foreign soldiers fought for the British and were very much hated by the American soldiers.
This British general was shot & killed by US guerillas as his forces were defeated in the wilderness near Saratoga in 1777.
This battle near Boston was technically a defeat for the US, but it proved that the US forces could succefully fight the British army in a large battle.
This American leader frustrated British forces that were trying to take cotrol of the southern colonies to separate them from the northern rebellion.
This group chose Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence and became the firs government of the United States.