HIST 109 Lecture 10: History 109 Lecture Notes (10–12)
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Loss of liberty (in a land of slaveholders) Is good as a general by not losing, by retreating. British troops occupy the cities, you have the navy right there (all american cities are port cities), you"re not going to lose. Your hope is to economically cripple the colonies so they come back. Washington is trying to pull the british away from the cities so that the british start killing people. Messages would be received every 6-12 weeks while the colonists are receiving every couple of days. American diplomats make a treaty with the british. British go on record saying that they recognize that the u. s. is a separate, independent country. Native americans who are on the west of appalachian are confused because they fought for the british. United states of america vs. united kingdom of great britain. 1781 not enough states have agreed to it until this time.