12h 22min, jan 3, 1777 y - Battle of Princeton
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- Fought near Princeton, NJ, and was a small victory for the Patriot Revolution
- Fought with 4,500 American troops against 1,200 British troops
- 75 American casualties
- 270 British casualties
- Both sides stumbled into one another, and neither expected to fight the day of the battle
- American forces were commanded by George Washington
- British forces were commanded by Charles Cornwallis
- Showed neutral and anti-revolution colonists that a choice was to be had on who they wanted to lead them, even with a meager army
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12h 22min, jan 3, 1777 y
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