United States experienced a humiliating defeat at The battle of Camden , where The British forces took over the city using only half the amount of forces that United States had.
Many historians put the blame of the defeat to the incompetency of Horatio Gates. During the battle, gates mobilize his troops inefficiently. Allowing his troops to be divided and conquered by the British army.
Knowing that his defensive line wouldn't be able to sustain the attack, he ordered the patriots to march out of Camden in the middle of the night.
If you ask the person in charge of somewhere where you are going, you have a smaller chance of getting lost because if you get lost, they will know where you are located.
The larger a population is in a state, the more representatives you will have from the House of Representative. The amount of represenatives from the Senate is fixed at 2 per state.