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 015: Cherokee Uprising, Fighting in West Indies & Spain joins the War.
Episode 014: Canada Becomes British & Britain Gets King George III
Episode 013: The Battle of Quebec
Episode 012: The Fall of Forts Duquesne, Niagara, and Carillon
Episode 011: Louisbourg, Frontenac, & Treaty of Easton
Episode 010: New British Strategy & Attack on Fort Carillon
Episode 009: Fort William Henry Massacre & Rise of William Pitt
Episode 008: Surrender of Fort Oswego
Episode 007: Acadia, Lake George, and Loudoun
Episode 006: British Take Charge: Battle of the Monongahela
Episode 005: Jumonville & Fort Necessity
Episode 004: Britain, France, and the Indians
Episode 003: British Background
Episode 002: American Background
Episode 001: Introduction
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