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First battle of the Revolutionary War, that only lasted 15 minutes.
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The colonists lossed 450 men, and the the British suffered over 1,000 casualties (injuries) and is told to be the deadliest battle of the war.
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As a part to stop rebellion by isolating New England, the British quickly attempted to seize New York city. The British sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about 32,000 soldiers.
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Washington risked everything on Christmas night, 1776. In the middle of a storm, he lead 2,400 men in small rowboats across the iced Delaware river. They then marched to their destination Trenton, New Jersey- and defeated a garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack.
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The British then regrouped, however, and in September 1776, the British captured the American capital at Philadelphia.
