American Revolutionary War: An abortive peace conference takes place between the British and Americans, on Staten Island

Quand

11 sept. 1776

Type

Événement

Coordonnées

40.50° N, 74.25° W

Description

American Revolutionary War: An abortive peace conference takes place between the British and Americans, on Staten Island.

Placé à : coordinates of the event it links, Staten Island Peace Conference.

1776 diplomatic meeting between British and American leaders

The Staten Island Peace Conference was a brief informal diplomatic conference held between representatives of the British Crown and the United States in the hope of bringing an end to the American Revolutionary War. The conference took place on September 11, 1776, a few days after British forces captured Long Island and less than three months after the United States Declaration of Independence.

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