French Minister Conrad Gerard is replaced by Anne-César de La Luzerne.
Congress realizes it needs more allies in Europe, as well as access to more cash loans. Congress gives Benjamin Franklin complete control over negotiations with France. It also appoints John Adams to negotiate a treaty with Great Britain, and John Jay as minster to Spain.
Congress also appoints Henry Laurens as Minster to the Netherlands. However Laurens is captured en route and sent to the Tower of London.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The American Revolution and the French Alliance, by William C. Stinchcombe (or view on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Despatches and instructions of Conrad Alexandre Gérard, 1778-1780; correspondence of the first French minister to the United States with the Comte de Vergennes, https://archive.org/details/despatchesinstru00fran
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Arms, Country and Class; The Philadelphia Militia and the “Lower Sort” during the American Revolution, by Steven Roswurm.(or read on archive.org)
Online Recommendation of the Week: James Wilson - Nation Builder: https://archive.org/details/jameswilsonnatio00alex
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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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