The twin victories vastly uplifted American hope. I couldn't have summarized Big George's triumph more shrewdly, succinctly, soundly, and scintillatingly. You're right on, because the rebels' win enabled the American Revolution to succeed and thus afford the unfolding of the world's freest society. False modesty bothers you not. As I've already remarked, if the bookstore bird didn't know who the Hessians were, then the poor thing didn't know about Washington's brilliant Trenton coup and its Princeton twin.
Professional educators prefer flim-flam to rigorous analysis.
They smirk at the unique Revolution, the dazzling Constitution, the depravity of slavery, the contributions of unionism, the post-Civil War era of unrestrained capitalism, the installation of Great Depression social programs, and the rise and fall of American imperialism. It's like building a ship without a keel because such a vessel will skitter every which way as it's hit by varying winds. I respect the importance of the 'isms' I cited. But history ain't history if you teach what you think should have happened, not what happened. The sweet young thing who torpedoed me probably learned all about female, Black, and Native American angsts.