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It had several strategic advantages as a target such as:

  1. It was a major population center.
  2. It was a major manufacturing center supplying the Continental Army.
  3. It was a major Bread Basket which was feeding the Continental Arny.
  4. It held a major Atlantic Port useful to his Navy.
  5. Control of the Hudson Valley split the New England States from the Southern States.
  6. Control of the Hudson Valley connected him to Canadian strongpoints.
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