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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ARP186 Carlisle Peace Commission
ARP185 Mount Hope Bay Raids
AR-SP06 David Price John Haslet's World
ARP184 Mischianza and Barren Hill
ARP183 Doan Brothers & Crooked Billet
ARP182 British Occupation of Philadelphia
ARP181 West Point Chain
ARP180 John Paul Jones Raids Whitehaven
AR-SP05 Christian McBurney - George Washington's Nemesis
ARP179 Prisoner Exchanges
ARP178 Hancock's Bridge Massacre
ARP177 Republic of Vermont
ARP176 Sinking the Randolph
AR-SP04 Michael Harris on Germantown
ARP175 Von Steuben at Valley Forge
ARP174 Britain and France go to War
ARP173 Treaties with France
ARP172 Winter at Valley Forge
AR-SP03 James Kirby Martin on the Saratoga Campaign
ARP171 Conway Cabal
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