Kaylee B.’s Reviews > Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution > Status Update

‘In the last letter he wrote, Jefferson reiterated his belief that the American Revolution would prove to be "the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assure the blessings and security of self-government.” ’

‘For years men had served, and many had suffered and died in squalid camps and on lonely battlefields, in order to decide this terrible war. The soldiers had now done all they could. From this moment forward everything was in the hands of diplomats and politicians, who in the elegance and comfort of paneled drawing rooms would make the final decisions in a war spawned by the American Revolution.’

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‘Washington was present, sitting atop his white horse, while Rochambeau sat nearby on his mount. As a British band played a popular tune of the day, "The World Turned Upside Down," Washington, betraying no emotion, watched silently as his foes laid down their arms.’

‘The next morning at 10:00 AM Cornwallis sent a messenger under a white flag to Washington's headquarters. The commander heard the words he had waited years to hear. Cornwallis requested a meeting "to settle terms of the surrender." ’

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