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12. The Revelry Ends; Repercussions Begin
The British return to NYC
The British return to New York, July 1776. Note the blue uniforms in the adjacent boat — those are Hessian mercenaries.
Congress has finally done something that legislators, historically, rarely do — and that was they actually did SOMETHING of consequence — they created a new nation! Our new nation. The United States of America.