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Princeton: Washington's Key Victory

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After winning the Battle of Trenton, George Washington was determined to keep the initiative. He marched his troops through the night towards Princeton, where he faced the British army once again, and won one of the key victories of the Revolutionary War. (Runtime 2:28)

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