Congress accepts that it is in for a long term fight. It creates a Navy and Marine Corps and a southern army. It explores diplomacy with France and sends a diplomat to work with the Iroquois. It also recommends that the colonies create forms of government based on the will of the people. To pay for all this, it prints lots more paper money.
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Episode 100 The Declaration of Independence
Episode 099 Drafting the Declaration
Episode 098 Voting for Independence
Episode 097 A Coup in Philadelphia
Episode 096 The Battle for Sullivan's Island
Episode 095 The Battle of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers)
Episode 094 War at Sea, Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
Episode 093 The Dave Mathews Band Breaks Up
Episode 092 State Constitutions, Part 2
Episode 091 State Constitutions, Part 1
Episode 090 Battle of the Cedars
Episode 089: Washington Moves to New York
Episode 088 British War Plans 1776
Episode 087 Canada Spring 1776
Episode 086 The Evacuation of Boston
Episode 085 Dorchester Heights
Episode 084 The Continental Navy Raids the Bahamas
Episode 083 Continental Congress Winter 1776
Episode 082 The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
Episode 081 Common Sense
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