The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Georoe WAsniNGTON (1732-1799). THE ERA OP THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 471 recover Minorca and Gibraltar; Holland to check Britisharrogance upon the high seas. Nor was Britain herselfat one, for the Whigs held that the colonies were in the. Independence Hall, Philadelphia,Where the Declaration of Independence was signed, 1776. right, rejoiced at the victories of the Americans, and inthe House of Commons itself pronounced eulogies uponthose who fell in their cause. The struggle was indeed aphase of Whig and Tory warfare, and victory for theAmericans
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Georoe WAsniNGTON (1732-1799). THE ERA OP THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 471 recover Minorca and Gibraltar; Holland to check Britisharrogance upon the high seas. Nor was Britain herselfat one, for the Whigs held that the colonies were in the. Independence Hall, Philadelphia,Where the Declaration of Independence was signed, 1776. right, rejoiced at the victories of the Americans, and inthe House of Commons itself pronounced eulogies uponthose who fell in their cause. The struggle was indeed aphase of Whig and Tory warfare, and victory for theAmericans was also victory for the Whigs. Chatham diedin 1778, and to the last raised his voice for concession thatshould save disruption. The ministry was fighting againstterrible odds and the drift of war was adverse. In Europe,Gibraltar was besieged for three and a half years, andso certain was its fall thought to be that the capture ofthe fortress was actually exhibited on the Paris stage. InAmerica, Washington, aided by his French allies underLafayette, slowly won success often from adverse circum-stances, and when, in October, 1781, Lord Cornwallis withhis whole army surrendered at Yorktown to Washington, 472 THE BRITISH NATION
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