US History › Section C · Toward independence › Topic C.6
The course of the war, north and south
Britain had the stronger army and navy, yet it lost the war. Following the fighting from New York to Saratoga, and from Charleston to Yorktown, shows how Americans survived early defeats, won a crucial ally and wore down an empire.
In this topic
- Two strategies
- From New York to Trenton
- 1777: Philadelphia and the northern plan
- Saratoga
- Worked example: why Saratoga was the turning point
- Valley Forge and a remade army
- The southern strategy
- Greene's war of attrition
- Worked example: how Yorktown was won
- The Treaty of Paris, 1783
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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