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To: Retain Mike
<>Toward the end after Yorktown in October 1781, his officers were determined to confront the Continental Congress with a list of truly legitimate, morally imperative grievances this body had ignored.<>

Your post is confusing.

What you refer to is the Newburgh Conspiracy of March 1783.

Washington managed, in part, to cool tempers by promising to exhort congress and the states to form a stronger union. In his June 1783 circular letter to the states, he rhetorically asked if the revolution was a blessing or a curse.3 To remain a blessing, he urged “an indissoluble Union of the States under one Federal Head.” The war was the thin glue that held the states together. Without it, why remain in confederation, especially when congress was powerless to enforce its resolutions?4

Whatever Happened to the Articles of Confederation Part III.

11 posted on 02/21/2023 2:25:27 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Jacquerie

Yes. That is right. I will fix that.


19 posted on 02/21/2023 3:30:19 PM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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