The defeat at Saratoga in October 1777…

June 1778 CE

The defeat at Saratoga in October 1777 had caused considerable anxiety in Britain over foreign intervention.

The North ministry seeks reconciliation with the colonies by consenting to their original demands,  although Lord North refuses to grant independence.

The British send out a peace commission headed by the Earl of Carlisle, whose offers, made in June 1778 as Clinton is preparing to abandon Philadelphia, are rejected by Congress.

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Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States View →

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Frederick Howard View → Frederick North, Lord North View → George Washington View → Henry Clinton View →

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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → New York, independent state of View → Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA) View →

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American Revolution View → American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence View → Philadelphia campaign View → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) View →

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