Following the British defeat at Yorktown
a. Lord Cornwallis was tried for treason.
b. the Royal Navy launched a new offensive against Americans in Boston.
c. Parliament refused to fund additional fighting.
d. American unity was shattered.
ANSWER: c
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A) New England. B) the Caribbean. C) the Upper South. D) the Middle Colonies.
In 1847 Frederick Douglass lost his independence and his newspaper, The North Star
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.