Alexis Knight-Kline
8th Grade English
Mrs. King
November 24,2015
The Battle of Trenton
1776
Have you ever heard of the Revolutionary war? Well you probably have but, you might not of known that it was not one big war. Actually, it was separated into small battles one of those battles is the battle of Trenton 1776 which is actually the battle I will be informing you about. This battle has some causes, leaders, events and some effects.
First of all, the battle didn’t happen for no reason actually there were 2 causes. Hobart.k12.in.us stated that Washington, a leader I will be explaining later in the passage, and his continental army felt like they were in trouble and they realy need to win a battle to keep their game up. So on Christmas
One of those events was actually on Christmas Day. According to the Encyclopedia Americana George Washington had the idea that he wanted to attack on the Gerissen of Hessian. So on December 25th, Christmas Day, Washington and his American troops crossed Delaware, and in the next 10 days he won 2 crucial battles,one of those battles was the battle of Trenton. Colonel Rahl had no idea that Washington and his troops were coming near by so they all decided to get drunk. That's when Washington did a surprising attack. Britishbattles.com stated that another event was that the British tried to form in town, but they were under fire and they were under attack from every side. Colonel Rahl was wounded, so him and his troops ended up retreating to an orchard in the South East of where they
According to Britishbattles.com lucky for the Americans came out of the battle with only 4 wounded soldiers and only 2 froze to death. However, the Hessians came out of battle with 20 murdered and about 100 injured but 1000 were captured. Trenton proved a much needed encouragement. Some good effects is that the Continental army finally won the battle that they desperately needed to win. Also, Washington proved he could unit soldiers from different colonies and make them a national force. Some bad news is the British lost a lot of men from being captured and some being murdered. I guess there is more good news for the Americans than for the Hessians.
The battle of Trenton has mixtures of causes, leaders, events, and effects and is very important to the Revolutionary War. How is the battle of Trenton important to the Revolutionary War?
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