THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE
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The Northeast
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The South
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This is a trick question:Neither region had any debt left over by the time Washington was President.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main fighting started in August 1776 and continued to November 1776, involving a series of American defeats. The New York Campaign was the lowest point in George Washington’s military career during the American War of Independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Britain spent a huge amount of money fighting the Revolutionary War, sending the national debt soaring and creating a yearly interest of nearly 10 million pounds.
Detailed explanation-3: -Loyalists were most numerous in the South, New York, and Pennsylvania, but they did not constitute a majority in any colony. New York was their stronghold and had more than any other colony. New England had fewer loyalists than any other section.
Detailed explanation-4: -Loyalists, or Tories, were the losers of the Revolution; they supported the Crown, and the Crown was defeated.