Washington's Crossing Sparknotes

Washington's Crossing Book Review
During the phase of the Revolutionary War, Americans were determined to get rid of the hold that British Imperial Rule had on America in attempting to overthrow the power of the British military.
In Washington's Crossing, the book states that soon after England came with their 33,000 soldiers in New York in summer during the year of 1776, the much smaller army that made up the American military was close on their heels. Sadly, the American military was pushed from Long Island, Manhattan, and after that continued on to lose a lot of New Jersey and Rhode Island. Large numbers of Americans also proceeded to start signing their loyalty over to the English crown, and Washington's military began to be faced with a shortage of manpower. The remainder of Washington's army retreated to the Western shore of the Hudson River.
On December of 1776, Washington realized that he was going to have to take extreme action against the British. As a result, on Christmas night,

Washington and his army made the precarious attempt at crossing the Delaware River. He and his army were then able to attack Trenton, guarded by a large number of Hessian soldiers. They took control over the town and retreated back across the Delaware River.
David Hackett Fischer asserts that the favorable outcomes on the battlefield after a number of defeats from the British reinvigorated the American cause.

After Washington had taken his men to his winter quarters, groups of militia began swarming the countryside of New Jersey attacking Hessian and British soldiers basically at will which was later recognized as the "forage war". The British were quickly required overnight to redirect their forces, leaving large swaths of land under the regulation of the rebels. As the moral of the Colonials rose, the question is the war even winnable began to linger in the minds of the British. The massive reversal of the war was believed to be, because of the number of defeats the Americans went through, they were better able to adapt. Because they noticed they were hardly ever able to win fights against the much more disciplined, and well-trained British soldiers, they focused on what were, at the time, considered unconventional

strategies.
Really, the only major flaw I would bring out from Washington's Crossing (if considered a flaw) would be David Fischer's inclination towards the opinion that the crossing of the Delaware and both battles at Trenton and Princeton were the major turning points of the war. Other historical records show that Washington deals with more struggles with the problems of having shortages of manpower even after the records that Fischer accounts for in his book. While the British did suffer losses from these occasions that took place, they did, however, manage to take Philadelphia and deal some serious damage on the battlefield in years later.
Despite this flaw, Washington's Crossing is a great narrative style of writing with extensive and inclusive research. The story created by David Hackett Fischer should remind us of the price that was paid to make our country the great nation that we live in today. Washington's Crossing is an inspiring story that should help us realize the potential that we have not just as a country, but as individuals ourselves.