Explanation:
They had been forced to retreat to the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River. Washington used the poor weather conditions and geographic challenge of a river crossing to aid him in successfully carrying out the surprise attack at Trenton.
The people were worried that instead of going to church on Sunday, people with automobiles would go on an all-day Sunday motor trip instead. This was the reason why they called the motor trips "threats against the church".
It was not used everywhere. Nationalism mightve occurred in some places but not across everywhere in African and Asian societies.