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The movie made it seem as though the Americans and the French had patched up all of their old wounds and that the fraternity of being soldiers together would last forever. The Letter from George Mason in the reading, ''Boisterous Sea of Liberty'', painted a different picture. Mason said that Virginians did not trust the French and that they expected the French to exploit post- war American weaknesses. These fears were real enough to lead the Americans to sign a separate peace with England.- Jason Ward | The movie made it seem as though the Americans and the French had patched up all of their old wounds and that the fraternity of being soldiers together would last forever. The Letter from George Mason in the reading, ''Boisterous Sea of Liberty'', painted a different picture. Mason said that Virginians did not trust the French and that they expected the French to exploit post- war American weaknesses. These fears were real enough to lead the Americans to sign a separate peace with England.- Jason Ward | ||
| − | + | This is incredibly nitpicky, but I'm pretty sure the Classical Revival style (the style of many of the film's plantation houses) wasn't used until the nineteenth century. - Sarah Richardson | |
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== The question of slaves == | == The question of slaves == | ||
