George Washington / Role in the American Revolution

After directing the militia and loosing a couple of battles against the british, George Washington proved himself extremely valuable to the americans when he was appointed, by suggestion of John Adams, as Major General of the Continental Army. He assumed the responsability to train and command the army in the revolution against the british. This was not an easy task for him, just think abouted, a new army against the best army of the world! He lost battles in many cases, and sometimes they even had to run for their lives and take refuge on freezing camps with short abundance of food.

When the british took over Philadelphia (which was at that time the capital of the U.S.), Washington and his army had to camp in Valley Forge. During this period of time another character showed great importance, Baron von Steuben, who trained the patriots to be a well equiped and disciplined army. The british were leaving, Washington attacked them, and forced them to leave to New York. After 1781, the french and americans captured the british army in Virginia, and the Battle of Yorktown practically ended the fighting with an American Victory where the british had to surrender, and with the Treaty of Paris, Britain recognized the Independence of the United States of America!!!