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1. Wheatley sent her poem to George Washington in October 1775; Washington responded in February 1776, explaining that a “variety of important occurrences” had prevented him from replying earlier. Research how the colonies’ war against England developed during these months and compile a list of the “occurrences” to which Washington might be referring, along with brief (1-3 sentence) descriptions of each.
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