After the Battle of Saratoga / Trenton, the Spanish and French joined the war on the colonists' side. Britain soon lost the city of New York / Philadelphia and decided to focus on defeating patriot forces in New England / the South.

- three-quarters or two-thirds..

- "the constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures."

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rosevelt. 1973. "slaves everywhere"