The Critical Period of American History

CHAPTER I.

RESULTS OF YORKTOWN.

[Sidenote: Sympathy between British Whigs and the revolutionary party in America.]

The 20th of March, 1782, the day which witnessed the fall of Lord North's ministry, was a day of good omen for men of English race on both sides of the Atlantic. Within two years from this time, the treaty which established the independence of the Unite...