What Pushed Britain to Negotiate an End to the Revolutionary

question 65

Multiple Choice

What pushed Britain to negotiate an end to the Revolutionary War?

• A) The "Armed Neutrality" was planning to join the war effort on the American-French side.
• B) There were indications that the Americans might settle for peace terms short of complete independence.
• C) They were suffering heavy military losses against the French and Spanish elsewhere.
• D) Their Indian allies on the American frontier abandoned them after Yorktown.
• E) Their military strength in America had been completely crushed.

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