... were not neophytes. British leadership during the Revolutionary War and the era immediately preceding it thought they were defending liberty and the rule of law. To them, establishing the ultimate power of Parliament was the only way to accomplish this. A strange incongruity in the early stages of ... military, he maintained a commitment to a military career, reading military manuals of the day and discussing military issues with French authorities. His father-in-law, at first opposed to the union with his youngest daughter, later accepted Burgoyne. When Burgoyne and Charlotte had a daugh...

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