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  • At a Parliamentary investigation, General Burgoyne charges failure to the Canadian forces and to St. Luc, commander of the indians.

  • A retaliatory U.S. campaign destroys Indian towns and crops, breaking the Iroquois League's power.

  • The American colonies ally with Spain .

  • James Cook killed by Hawaii an natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage .



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