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After the Americans had lost several battles and control of New York City, many Patriots chose to "run away" from the army. They chose to

The sneak attack led by George Washington on the Hessian soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey happened on what day?

What river did Washington have to cross to complete the sneak attack on the Hessian soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey?

On January 3, 1777, the Patriots defeated the British at Princeton, New Jersey and captured

The victories at Trenton and Princeton gave the Patriot soldiers

What stopped the British General Burgoyne from completing his attack plan to trap the Patriot forces between two groups of British forces?

Patriot victories over the British at this location in October 1777 convinced other European countries to become allies of the United States.

This Prussian military instructor taught American soldiers to march and fight together instead of separately.

This engineer from Poland designed forts, including the dirt walls that protected the Americans at Saratoga.

This Polish man served in Washington's army as a general and died of wounds received in battle fighting for the new nation.

The winter after the victory at Saratoga was extremely hard for the American troops. At this location almost 2,000 troops died from illnesses such as typhoid, influenza, and smallpox.

In 1779, Patriot soldiers marched outside the colonies for a month to this territory to defeat the British at their fort.

Fighting off the coast of Great Britain, this man and his crew defeated a British warship in 1779.

Spain helped the Americans by loaning money and closing this port in Spain's Louisiana Territory to British ships and opening it to American ships.

In 1781, this American general lost a battle against the British in North Carolina, but cost the British 1/4 of its troops.