so he sent kosciuszko to a place called fort ticonderoga and said figure out of the fort secure and if it's some place we can make our stand the rigors of kosciuszko got up to the fort ticonderoga and said you have this for to buy you have a hill and of the british come down and put antennas on the hill they can shoot into the fort. americans didn't listen because they said how are we going to get kamins up the steep hill and they didn't do it. well, the british came down and the generals army came down and sure enough general collapse who was with him said let's get a cannon up there. the british soldiers also minded and they said were ago it can go a man can go and where a man can go he can hold up a gun so bring some cannons up there. the next day the americans will cut and saw these redcoats dancing shooting cannonballs into the water and when they started landing in to the fort they realized we have to evacuate because we are dead ducks. so, they marched down the hudson trying to run away and they put kosciuszko in charge of covering the rear and for kosciuszko to slow down the tr

ticonderoga and he got up to the fort and said you have a fantastic for the here and you have this hill, and if the british come down, and put canons on the hill they can shoot into the fort and this americans didn't listen to him because they said, how will we get canons up this steep hill? and so they didn't do it. well, the british came down and the general's army came down and sure enough, general phillips, who was with him said let's get a canon up there. and the british soldiers also whined. and general phillips said, listen we're a -- where a goat can go a man can go and where a man can go, he can haul up a gun, bring cans canons up there and this next day this americans woke up and saw little red coats dancing up here, shooting canon walls into the water, and when they started landing into the fort, they realized, we have to evacuate because we're dead ducks. so they marched down the hudson trying to run away and they put kosciuszko in charming of covering the rear. and kosciuszko to slow down the british troops cut down trees 0 cover the roads, and also rolled boulders to rerou

built a navy for america and slowed down the british so that when the british tried to evade in ticonderoga in the fall of 1776, as they had been slowed to the point that winter was setting in, so they had to postpone the invasion until 1777. that year gave the americans time to get ready for that invasion. washington's campaign in trenton and princeton, between christmas of 1776 and january of 1777 was absolutely crucial, not only saved washington as commander of the continental army, but was a victory that enabled another army to be recruited for 1777. who would have wanted to go into a continental army that was losing almost every battle it was fighting? the defeat of burgling when he invaded new york and surrendered his army in saratoga in october 17, '77, was crucial. congress's decision made at the beginning of late 1776 but implemented in early 1777 to move from an army of one year and listees to regular army was absolutely crucial because it gave washington and army of hardened veterans. the surrender of cornwallace's army was the final decisive turning point that led to the collaps