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is an online companion to the 6-part PBS series. It begins in the aftermath of the French and Indian War and ends with the creation of the Constitution. Chronologies, short bibliographies, images, and online links are offered for many aspects of the 2 1/2 decade chapter of American history. (KTCA, National Endowment for the Humanities)
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On October 19, 1781, in Yorktown, Virginia, Charles Lord Cornwallis signed orders surrendering his British Army to a combined French and American force. As Cornwallis' 8,000 man force became prisoners-of-war, the British band played the "The World Turned Upside Down," a tune that underscored the strange turn of events which had brought defeat at the hands of the provincial forces of America, to the most powerful country in Europe. |
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