Did it give you a choice or are you asking for one?
        
                    
             
        
        
        
General George Washington's<span> army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of </span>Trenton<span> (December 26), </span>Washington<span> defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
The South could not replenish fast enough. <span>Also, believe England backed the north if I remember correctly.</span>