Description of battle of princeton

The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777 and ending in a small victory for the Colonials. General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood in Princeton.

Explanation:

Because of the high prison population of England and the burden of expense placed by that upon the state; because there remained a tract of coastal land between the English controlled 12 colonies and the Spanish controlled Florida; and because James Oglethorpe was a friend of the kings family who requested permission to relocate the prisoners to a proposed North American penal colony.