General George Washington reduces the Continental Army to a token force. Washington could have maintained the CA, marched on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and dictated terms to Congress, as many generals have done in the past, but did not.
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Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article IX [Section 3]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 34.
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