By N. S Did you know that Britain used to own Brooklyn that was called Long island. Where one of the biggest battles in the revolutionary war. The battle of long island was important with these parts the ambush against america the plan to escape and the escape. One big part of the war was that the Britain used a small part of there army and the other part of their army to distract the Americans army. During that round 1,000 of the Americans troops were captured out of America's 10,000 troops during the battle america was out numbered one to two.
On The second day George Washington moved his army to the upper part of Long Island to hide from the British. George Washington at this time is just looking to get out of this mess he is in. During this time the Americans army has suffered 1000 casualties and 300 death.
On the last day of the battle George Washington was struck with a miracle of a lifetime. What that miracle was there was thick clouds and heavy rain which helped him escape. George Washington told his men to be quiet and made their way across the Manhattan river to escape. And that is why I think that the battle at Long Island was very important in the war. Even though people thought it wasn’t I think it was because it lead Britain on the wild goose chase that won us the war.