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Critical Thinking, Documents, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) September 8, 2022 September 7, 2022

Observations Concerning the Yorktown Surrender Documents

by William W. Reynolds

The surrender of the British Army at Yorktown in 1781 was implemented by the three-party Articles of Capitulation (“the Articles”), one of the most…

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1. John Fitzhugh Millar The American Invasion of Canada

Benedict Arnold could see in the summer of 1774 that when a war broke out the British could simply send troops down Lake Champlain from Canada and clamp a lid…
2. Darren Sharrocks The American Invasion of Canada

Good article and very interesting but the spelling and grammar needs correcting.
3. William Cooke The American Invasion of Canada

It may have been more appropriate to use the spelling Canadien to refer to the French-speaking inhabitants of the Province of Quebec during the Revolutionary War.