Washington+goes+into+winter+quarters+at+Morristown

Morristown is located 25 miles away from Sparta (about 35 minutes by car).
===On January 6, 1777 (same day [|Morse Code] was invented) Washington sets up winter quarters for his Revolutionary Army soldiers at [|Morristown, New Jersey].=== ===After achieving a partial "victory" at Battle of Princeton in which he fled but taking many British lives with him, Washington and his troops marched north to [|Morristown]where he would set up quarters.=== ===The purpose of coming to [|Morristown] is to recruit more soldiers, train the army, and finally rest and resupply after continuous battles with The British which killed many Americans, while others fled.=== ===[|Morristown] offered Washington a perfect vantage point over the British army, because it is located between New York City and Pennsylvania, Washington could see the British army movements, and if they tried to do anything "funny", for example, taking over [|New England].=== ===Washington enlisted a lot of soldiers at [|Morristown]; in addition, not as many soldiers would leave, or flee the army now because of the new rules he set up that would increase the leashes they would get from 35 to 100 so that the soldiers would fear the punishment and would not try to abandon their country. Also, Washington and other officers in the army set up promises that later he could not execute for example, he promised land and many bonuses for staying in the army over three years, and increasing as the number of years one would be in the army.=== ===[|George Washington]was an American General during The American Revolution appointed by the 13 colonies in order to battle British using his [|brilliant tactics] that he 'picked up during the French- Indian War. He started out in [|British Regular Army] (militia) trying to rise up the ranks and join the [|Royal Army] but he was impatient and quit, later he joined the [|Continental Army] in order to prove that America CAN be an independent country. After the announcing the [|Declaration of Independence], and proving British that America has a chance of winning against Britain, Washington had the French military join the fight with the British which really improved his bets of winning the war. In addition, Spain and other European countries were attacking [|British Empire] at the same time, weakening its forces day by day. After the war George Washington resigned from the army, and was later anonymously appointed President of the United States of America.=== ===[|George Washington] was recovering from two wars in Morristown, one of them was [|Battle of Trenton], which took place on December 26,1777 in which Washington led his troops over the [|Delaware River] on a Christmas Night and surprise attacked [|Hessian soldiers], which were important German mercenaries working for the [|British army], Americans suffering barely any casualties dominated the [|Hessian soldiers], forcing them to surrender, this battle greatly boosted moral within Washington's troops and also helped him advance in the war. His tactics were working out perfectly.=== ===The second important war he fought just before coming to Morristown was [|Battle of Princeton], after fighting back the British at the Battle of Assunpink Creek in [|Trenton], Washington's troops marched forward to [|Trenton] surrounding General Cornwallis' troops and attacked his forces at [|Princeton] using militia to fight with the British Army day and night, although they began to flee as they began to see that they were losing. It was a British victory, but Americans suffered hundreds less casualties then British, weakening their forces. Next day George Washington and his troops retreated to [|Morristown] to resupply and rest from that battle.===

===[|General Cornwallis] was an officer in the[| British army] he witnessed the Seven Year's War, and countless others. Cornwallis was a British patriot, he loved to fight for Britain, he was one of the most famous British Generals in the end of the Revolutionary War. During the Revolutionary, [|General Howe] allowed him to retire, but when Washington's forces attacked [|Trenton] and they have seen the capabilities of Americans, he greatly delayed his retirement. Although [|General Cornwallis] has won most of his wars, number of troops he and British army had kept dropping down, he has seen that Americans are indirectly beating them in the war. After the [|Revolutionary War], he relied on other British Colonies, for example, India, to get rich, and maintain his status. He returned to Britain with [|Benedict Arnold], a well known traitor in the [|American Revolution], in 1794, being promoted the [|ranks] once more and later ending up fighting for British Army, at his old age, again.===