1. WHY the Americans won

2. Losing the war
Many African Americans joined the British to get their freedom
New York was taken by the British
The cold, lack of food and supplies led to many going back home and telling others not to join the army

3. The tide turns Americans win in Trenton
Washington changed his strategy: BE DEFENSIVE
Did a lot of hit-and-run attacks
After winning in Saratoga, the French become allies
Baron Friedrich von Steuben helps train soldiers
Marquis de Lafayette provided money for clothes

4. The war ends The British surrender at Yorktown
British and Americans sign the Treaty of Paris
England recognized the US as an independent nation
Gave up all claims of land from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River and from Canada to Florida
The US returned all property taken from Loyalists during the war