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title: "How did General Washington and the Continental Army manage to take Trenton and Princeton from the British, and why were they important victories?"  
description: "How did General Washington and the Continental Army manage to take Trenton and Princeton from the British, and why were they important victories?"  
author: "colbee d'suja"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40960/how-did-general-washington-and-the-continental-army-manage-to-take-trenton-and-princeton-from-the-british-and-why-were-they-important-victories  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["the roaring 20s and prohibition", "usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did General Washington and the Continental Army manage to take Trenton and Princeton from the British, and why were they important victories?

How did [General Washington](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41768/after-the-first-french-fleet-arrived-what-was-general-washington-s-original-strategy-or-plan-of-attack) and the [Continental Army](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51273/what-did-the-british-do-to-prevent-supplies-and-reinforcements-from-reaching-the-continental-army) manage to take [Trenton and Princeton](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40927/why-was-the-victory-at-trenton-and-princeton-so-important-in-the-revolution) from the British, and why were they important victories?\
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