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OOTL: The title is taken from Glen's excellent timeline.

Chapter One: The Sadness of Mother Liberty
Part I: The Loss of New England
When Washington lost the Second Battle of Boston he retreated to New York, and Burgoyne followed him with his army. At Albany, Washington's men lost a devastating loss to Burgoyne's soldiers. This marked the effective loss of New England*. There were a few more battles, most noticebly Yorktown, Saragota and Annapolis. The Peace of Madrid that ended the Anglo-Mysore War, it also established that New England stayed with Britain. Washington said later "The loss of New England is a loss to Liberty". Pan-Americanists often say that the New England region should be American, but by 1817, they had started to be closer to the Ontarians then the Pennsylvanians.


*New England in the TL includes New York.

OOC: The POD shall remain unknown OK?
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