1. America's Revolutionary War
... manly method than that in which we have hitherto trifled. " Germain argued that the government had not gone far enough in extending imperial oversight during debate on the Massachusetts Governing Act in 1774. To Germain, merchants who participated in politics should perform their occupations and leave governing to those trained to govern. He accused past governments of giving verbal substance ... at Yorktown. Invariably, posterity has held Germain more responsible than any other individual for losing the war. His critics, then as now, have argued that false assumptions guided his strate...
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