The American Revolutionary War of (1775-1783) included the Battle of Fort Washington and was the culmination of the American political revolution that rejected the legitimacy of the British Parliament. During the period of November 16, 1776, the Battle of Fort Washington on the Hudson River took place. This battle was also a major military conflict with the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen other North American colonies during the American Revolutionary War of (1775-1783). The battle that the British and American forces fought at the time of this Battle of Fort Washington which was located in Manhattan, New York. When the troops began crossing the Hudson River following the Americans, they defeated the Battle of White Plains in late October. General William Howe had chosen to forgo a direct assault on the Continental Army, but had instead turned his attention to Fort Washington. General Nathanael Green was the commander of Fort Lee on the stockades of the New Jersey coast, and at that time the crest of Mount Washington was a 5-sided earthwork called Fo...