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Free Download William M. Fowler Jr., "An American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years After Yorktown, 1781-1783"
English | ISBN: 0802717063 | 2011 | 352 pages | AZW3 | 977 KB
Most people believe the American Revolution ended in October, 1781, after the battle of Yorktown; in fact the war continued for two more traumatic years. During that time, the Revolution came closer to being lost than at any time in the previous half dozen. The British still held New York, Savannah, Wilmington, and Charleston; the Royal Navy controlled the seas; the states-despite having signed the Articles of Confederation earlier that year-retained their individual sovereignty and, largely bankrupt themselves, refused to send any money in the new nation's interest; members of Congress were in constant disagreement; and the Continental army was on the verge of mutiny.