General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, urges an attack on British occupied New York City, but the French balk at the request, and instead abandon North America.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 31.
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