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==Historical qualities== ''Liberty or Death'' represents a great many historical figures associated with the Revolution, including political leaders like [[Lord North]], [[William Pitt the Younger]], [[Patrick Henry]] (whose [[Give me liberty or give me death|famous speech]] gives the game its name) and [[John Adams]]. The C-in-C choices noted above are historically accurate: each of the choices on the British side were actually Commanders-in-Chief of the British forces in America during the Revolutionary War, but while the choices on the American side were potential choices for C-in-C for the Continental Army, only Washington ever held the post during the war. Beyond the C-in-Cs, nearly every British and Loyalist leader involved in the war appears, including [[John Burgoyne]], [[Charles Cornwallis]], [[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester|Guy Carleton]], [[Thomas Gage]], [[Thomas Graves (admiral)|Thomas Graves]], [[Henry Hamilton (governor)|Henry Hamilton]], [[Banastre Tarleton]], and [[William Tryon]]. The American side is equally well represented with [[Horatio Gates]], [[Richard Montgomery]], [[Nathanael Greene]], [[Henry Knox]], [[Francis Marion]], [[Daniel Morgan]] and [[Anthony Wayne]] appearing in the game. The game also places the war into the broader context of world events, so in addition to the principals in the conflict, other nations appear in the game with appropriate political interests and concerns including [[France]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[Spain]]. In addition, mercenaries employed by the British such as the [[Hessians]], and the many other European officers [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Silas Deane]] convinced to join the fighting on the American side, such as [[Tadeusz Kościuszko|Kościuszko]], [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette|Lafayette]], [[Kazimierz Pułaski|Pułaski]] and [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben|von Steuben]] are also portrayed. The game does an impressive job of modeling the military/strategic value of each of the districts, in such a way that the key battles of the war recur as a natural part of the game rather than being scripted to do so.
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