General Washington led 20,000 American and French troops to victory at Valley Forge.

The British were forced to surrender 2 days after patriot soldiers captured the fort at Yorktown in 1781.

In 1773, a group of colonists protested 13 years of increasing British oppression by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor.

As British General William Howe anticipates surrender, General Washington fleas across the East River under cover of darkness.