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December 1776 was a desperate time for George Washington and the American Revolution.

Washington's Ragtag Continental Army had been forced to retreat to the Pennsylvania shore

of the Delaware River.

In the preceding months, British and German Hessian troops invaded Long Island, rooting

out the colonial forces, forcing a desperate escape to the island of Manhattan.

The British then attacked Manhattan, forcing the Americans to retreat again, this time

across the Hudson River to New Jersey.

The British, in hot pursuit, chased the Americans through New Jersey, and by December

had forced the Continental Army to abandon the state and cross the Delaware into Pennsylvania.

With New Jersey in their firm control, and Rhode Island successfully occupied the British

were confident that the revolution had been crushed.

On that riverbank, sat Washington at a crossroads.

His troops had suffered months of humiliating defeats, exhausted, demoralized, and uncertain

of their future.

They were now trying to survive a cold winter with little food, artillery, or supplies.

To compound Washington's problems, many of his men were also at the end of their enlistment

terms.

In spirit slow, Washington knew that few if Annie would choose to stay on for another year.

Support for the Revolutionary War was also waning in every corner, as well as even patriots

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