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3 days ago · On Christmas Night 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware River in a brutal snowstorm, attacked Trenton, and turned the tide of the war.
5 days ago · George Washington - Revolutionary, Commander, Statesman: The choice of Washington as commander in chief of the military forces of all the colonies followed immediately upon the first fighting, though it was by no means inevitable and was the product of partly artificial forces.
1 day ago · Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas night, 1776. [125] His men followed across the ice-obstructed river from McConkey's Ferry , with 40 men per vessel. The wind churned up the waters, and they were pelted with hail, but by 3:00 a.m. on December 26, they made it across with no losses. [ 126 ]
5 days ago · George Washington was an American general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775–83) and subsequently first president of the United States (1789–97). He is known as ‘the Father of His Country.’
1 day ago · Washington crossing the Delaware on December 25–26, 1776, depicted in Emanuel Leutze's 1851 painting. The British also took New Jersey, pushing the Continental Army into Pennsylvania.
5 days ago · Washington arrived in Philadelphia on May 13, the day before the opening of the Constitutional Convention, and as soon as a quorum was obtained he was unanimously chosen its president. For four months he presided over the convention, breaking his silence only once upon a minor question of congressional apportionment.
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4 days ago · True or False: Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River and drive the enemy from Philadelphia
