The re-conquests marked an end to over 150 years of accommodationist policies with tribal invaders. They believed that Washington was "accommodationist". But, despite Willer's efforts, the DOB stayed closer to its accommodationist roots. He returned to Philadelphia in March 1775, and abandoned his accommodationist stance. Its leadership, burned by failed strikes in 1892, 1901 and 1919, turned accommodationist and submissive.