History That Doesn't Suck

14 (Second Edition): The Newburgh Conspiracy and The Peace of Paris


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“I have not only grown gray but almost blind in service to my country.”


This is the story (or tale) of two cities. 


In Paris, Ben Franklin, John Adams, John Jay and (briefly) Henry Laurens are negotiating the terms of American independence. They know what they want, but getting there will require outmaneuvering the greatest powers on earth and defying Congress. Will they do as they’ve been instructed? Or risk it all and swing for the fence? 


Meanwhile, Continental Army officers in New Windsor, New York, are fed up with Congress’s broken promises. Soldiers have been waiting in vain for their payments for years—will the end of the war change anything, or will their pensions be ignored too? The beleaguered men are even considering violence… could a military coup end the American experiment before the peace treaty is even signed?


Help us George Washington. You’re our only hope.


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