Effects on our life
Washington's crossing was a small victory but raised the morale of the colonists by a lot. If Washington did not continue with his plan many soldiers would have left the army because their contracts ended on December 31. If the soldiers left the colonists wouldn't have been able to win the war. America would be a British colony and many American inventions would not exist now. Britian was almost out of money after supporting James Wolfe in Quebec and if they won the war they would have made the colonists pay even higher taxes. If the colonial and British taxes were not enough and Britain won the war, they would have lost their other countries to the French because of their rivalry. Monarchy might still exist if England won the war. WW2 and other wars that America was involved in might have been lost.