Hvorfor kunne briterne måske have ønsket at invadere byen new york?
New York and New Jersey campaign
Da den amerikanske revolutionskrig brød ud i april 1775, var de britiske tropper under belejring i Boston. De besejrede de patriotiske styrker i slaget ved Bunker Hill, men led meget store tab. Da nyheden om denne dyre britiske sejr nåede London, besluttede general William Howe og Lord George Germain, den ansvarlige britiske embedsmand, at der skulle iværksættes en "afgørende aktion" mod New York City ved hjælp af styrker rekrutteret fra hele det britiske imperium samt tropper hyret fra små tyske stater.
New York and New Jersey campaign
When the American Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, British troops were under siege in Boston. They defeated Patriot forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill, suffering very high casualties. When news of this expensive British victory reached London, General William Howe and Lord George Germain, the British official responsible, determined that a "decisive action" should be taken against New York City using forces recruited from throughout the British Empire as well as troops hired from small German states.
New York and New Jersey campaign