History of the United States I / Unit 6 USH1 0761 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trenton
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The idea
Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas night, seventeen seventy-six, and captured over nine hundred Hessians, the German mercenaries Britain had hired.
In practice
An attack timed to break the protocol of winter inactivity.
Where people slip
The anchor calls it a desperately needed morale boost after the loss of New York.
Your place on the trail
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