Delegates to the Continental Congress, including conservatives, begin to consider independence as a realistic option. Lord Drummond sails to Philadelphia in a well intentioned but poorly conceived attempt to broker a peace deal. Congress blames General Schuyler for the failures in Canada and moves around some of its generals. It sends Silas Deane to France to open up diplomatic negotiations with the new King Louis XVI of France.
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ARP274 Greene Takes Command
ARP273 Fishdam Ford and Blackstock
ARP272 Chasing the Swamp Fox
ARP271 Advancing on Detroit
ARP270 Stone Arabia & Klock’s Field
ARP269 The Ballston Raid
AR-SP19John Burgoyne, with Norman Poser
ARP268 King’s Mountain
ARP267 Battle of Charlotte
AR-SP18 Nathanael Greene with Salina Baker
ARP266 Hanging Major André
ARP265 Arnold’s Treason Revealed
ARP264 Arnold Commits Treason
ARP263 Hartford Conference
ARP262 Piqua Raid
ARP261 Augusta Raid
ARP260 Fishing Creek & Musgrove Mill
ARP259 Camden
ARP258 Gates Takes Command
ARP257 French Army in America
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