The British government of Lord North come…

December 1777 CE

The British government of Lord North come under sharp criticism when the news of Burgoyne's surrender reaches London.

Of Lord Germain it is said that "the secretary is incapable of conducting a war", and Horace Walpole opines (incorrectly, as it turned out) that "we are ... very near the end of the American war."

Lord North issues a proposal for peace terms in Parliament that does not include independence; when these are finally delivered to Congress by the Carlisle Peace Commission they will be rejected.

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London Middlesex United Kingdom View →

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Frederick North, Lord North View → George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville View → George III of Great Britain View → Horace Walpole View → John Burgoyne View →

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Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate of View → Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electorate of (Electorate of Hanover) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA) View →

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American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence View →

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