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I think they refused to sit for the painting because they didn't want to be anywhere near the Americans. They want to didn't want to be embarrassed for their defeat to the colonies.

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The British delegation probably refused to sit for the painting because they were angry at the colonists.

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The people in the painting are the colonists and British. The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because they didn't want to be embarrassed for their defeat to the colonies and were angry that their army lost to the colonial army.

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I think that they refused because they thought that if they didn't sit it would leave a message that they are capable of doing whatever they want

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The British delegation most likely refused to sit for the painting because even though the war was over the British were probably still angry with the colonists for rebelling and destroying the British reputation.

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I think that they refused because they had other important things to do at that time or something happened that they didn't expect to happen, so they couldn't finish.

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Maybe they did not agree with the concept of the painting and they do not agree with what the meaning of the painting was.

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The British probably did not want to be anywhere near the Americans, they most likely did not agree with what the painting was supposed to mean.

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I think that the British didn't want to sit for the painting because maybe they didn't agree with what the painting was portraying.

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The painting was not completed because the British were furious with the colonists.

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Maybe because they were a little bit mad...? And they held a grudge.

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The British refused to sit for the painting because they might be impatient and they probably were still kind of mad at the colonists even though it was after the war

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I think that British refused to sit for the painting because they just did not want to be painted and didnt agree with the painting.

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The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because they were angry they had to give in to the American colonists and were being really ill-mannered.

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The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because they were probably sheepish about their loss to the colonies and they probably weren't to fond of the Americans because of their win.

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I think they refused because they lost the war

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Because they have separated and they are still angry

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The British delegation would have refused to sit because they would have not agreed to have them in painting.

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I think they refused because they lost the war

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Because they are separated and were possibly angry at the others. also did not like what the painting is about. Also because they just wanted to .

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The British wanted nothing to do with the Americans they saw them as people who had nothing better to do than to fight over small things that the British needed. The British saw them as brutes and didn't like them at all and they might be a bit sour after all the fighting

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The man in the middle of the painting is Ben Franklin. I think that the British refused to sit for the painting because of the fact that they might have been ashamed of their loss. They could be angry because anyone who gets 2nd place in something generally isn't in the best mood. The blank area might of been where they where sitting.