By. Oliver Reinoso Tryon's Raid Following France's entrance into the American Revolutionary War in 1778, the British powers in New York City were fundamentally concerned about protecting the city and its harbor. The military action in the northern states was diminished substantially, and the armies of George Washington and Sir Henry Clinton observed each other watchfully in New York. Washington based his resistance in New Jersey and at West Point, where he protected necessary correspondences and supply links. In 1779,  Clinton hatched an plan that he trusted would persuade General Washington to move his armed force with the goal that he may be occupied with a "general and definitive action." He initially propelled an undertaking in late May that seized Stony Point, New York and Verplanck's Point, opposite sides of a critical traverse of the Hudson River. In spite of the fact that Washington moved extra troops into New York, Clinton felt the positio...