5h 15min, dec 25, 1776 y - Washington crosses the Delaware River and captures a Hessian force at Trenton, New Jersey. This was important because while the Hessians were celebrating Christmas, George Washington and his army was suprise attacking and/or ambushing the Hessians. But why this was really important was because it raised the Patriots’s spritits and acted as a make up victory from the battle of Long Island.
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5h 15min, dec 25, 1776 y
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