THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Strengths of the Colonies • Strong leader in Familiar with the Guerrilla warfare tactics Colonial Weaknesses • Little • Few • Very small, weak Lexington & Concord alliance • Small towns outside • Starts the meet Redcoats in a very brief skirmish • Known as the " 22 Bunker Hill • British • Very high but costly for British inspire Americans Washington Crosses the Delaware • Surprise Attack on Battle of Trenton و 1776 • After • Surprises secret crossing into mercenaries hired by the British Major, inspirational victory for the Battle of Saratoga • Two battles in in Fall of The 2nd was a decisive • Major • Inspired France to agree to Valley Forge • Washington has his army camp in • Over Surviving soldiers emerge in spring Yorktown in the war during winter of 1777 during brutal, freezing winter arrives for support in September of 1781 • Lord Cornwallis surrenders to the wins the war