New York and New Jersey campaign

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American Revolutionary War campaign military campaign

The New York and New Jersey campaign was a series of pivotal Revolutionary War battles (1776–1777) in which George Washington’s Continental Army, despite early defeats, ultimately preserved its forces and morale through strategic retreats and surprise attacks.

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Label Occurrences
New York and New Jersey campaign canonical 36
British campaign in New York and New Jersey 1
New Jersey campaign 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Continental Army ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ
commander Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
William Howe ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
endDate 1777 ⓘ
followedBy British occupation of Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia campaign
geographicFeature Delaware River ⓘ
East River ⓘ
Hudson River ⓘ
involvedForceType artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
naval forces ⓘ
location Province of New Jersey ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Assunpink Creek ⓘ
Battle of Fort Washington ⓘ
Battle of Harlem Heights ⓘ
Battle of Long Island ⓘ
Battle of Princeton ⓘ
Battle of Trenton ⓘ
Battle of White Plains ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Trenton ⓘ
surface form: Washington’s retreat across New Jersey

crossing of the Delaware River ⓘ
outcomeForBritish control of New York City as major base ⓘ
outcomeForContinentalArmy avoided destruction of main American field army ⓘ
partOf Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy Boston campaign ⓘ
result British occupation of New York City ⓘ
boost to American morale ⓘ
strategic preservation of Continental Army ⓘ
significance demonstrated Washington’s strategic leadership ⓘ
turning point in sustaining American revolutionary cause ⓘ
startDate 1776 ⓘ
strategicFeature use of strategic retreats by Continental Army ⓘ
use of surprise attacks by Continental Army ⓘ
strategicObjective defend New York City ⓘ
maintain integrity of Continental Army ⓘ
yearOfBattle 1776 ⓘ
1777 ⓘ

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Continental Army → significantEvent → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Siege of Boston → followedBy → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Boston campaign → followedBy → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War → hasPart → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Trenton → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Nathanael Greene → participatedIn → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Morristown encampments → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York–New Jersey campaign
Continental Artillery → engagement → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Saratoga campaign → precededBy → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Princeton → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Jersey campaign
Johann Rall → participatedIn → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: British campaign in New York and New Jersey
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days → hasTheater → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Long Island → campaign → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battles of Trenton and Princeton → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of White Plains → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Harlem Heights → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Fort Washington → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Francis Nash → participatedIn → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe → notableWork → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Howe’s 1777 Philadelphia campaign → precededBy → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Adam Stephen → militaryCampaign → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Pennsylvania militia → participatedIn → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Forage War → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
John Glover → participatedIn → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Fort Lee (Revolutionary War fort) → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Fort Lee (Revolutionary War fort) → usedInConflict → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Springfield (1780) → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Continental Army headquarters → usedDuring → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Bound Brook → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Rufus Putnam → participantIn → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Brooklyn Heights → theater → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Pell's Point → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
William Heath → militaryConflict → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Knowlton’s Rangers → theater → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Kips Bay → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Hugh Percy → participatedIn → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
British capture of Fort Lee → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet → partOf → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
North American theater of the American Revolutionary War → includesEvent → New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ