Why did George Washington move his troops to Manhattan?
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The following points may help you:
a. Louis XVI sent troops into the city to prevent any untoward incident.
b. As this was the time, when people were disgruntled, dicontended and angry, who then stormed Bastille.
c.Bastille prison was symbol of king's despotic power and authority and king used his guards to defend it.
d. However soon clash broke out between the angry crowd and the guards, later resulting in the fall of Bastille.
After defeating the British in the Siege of Boston on March 17, 1776, commander-in-chief George Washington relocated the Continental Army to defend the port city of New York, located at the southern end of Manhattan Island. ... After five days of waiting, the British attacked U.S. defenses on the Guan Heights.