PEACE COMMISSION
\pˈiːs kəmˈɪʃən], \pˈiːs kəmˈɪʃən], \p_ˈiː_s k_ə_m_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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In May, 1778, a Peace Commission was sent to the colonies by Lord North. The Commission offered all manner of conciliatory terms: an extension of the privileges of trade, an abolition of the quartering act, a representation of the colonies in Parliament, an arrangement for sustaining Continental bills of credit, and an almost independent colonial administration. The terms were refused and a treaty with France concluded.
By John Franklin Jameson
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