American Revolution Podcast
We look at the founding era of the United States, beginning with the French and Indian War, and moving through the era chronologically.
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A chronological history of the Revolutionary War era. We begin our journey with an overview of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War in Europe. Episodes continue with coverage of the tax protests. Shortly after King George III takes the throne, Parliament begins imposing taxes on the colonies, including the stamp tax, the Townshend Acts, and the Tea Act of 1774. Under call of ”taxation without representation, the colonists fight back. Various pre-war conflicts include the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea party, led by men such as John Hancock and Samuel Adams. They also submit numerous petitions to London. The British government responds with increasingly militant efforts to suppress the protests, eventually leading the imposition of the Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts, which attempt to remove many of the colonies’ traditional powers of self-government. The Americans respond by establishing the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774. This is a meeting of colonial delegates to discuss responses to Parliament’s actions. The Congress submits a petition to the King with an agreement to meet the following spring to discuss trade boycotts if a compromise is not reached. Before the Second Continental Congress can meet, British General Thomas Gage, who is also Governor of Massachusetts, send British Regulars to capture militia cannons suspected to be in Concord. Along the way, British soldiers fire on Minutemen and other militia at Lexington Greene. Having been warned by Paul Revere, the minutemen had turned out with their muskets. The British continue to Concord, but find little. Colonists fire on soldiers at the old North Bridge, resulting a running battle all the way back to Boston. The Siege of Boston begins as colonists surround the city. The British capture Bunker Hill, but can do little else. American patriots across the country begin to act against British officials. Americans take casualties, including General Joseph Warren, but the British take far more. A group of Green Mountain Boys under Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga in New York. By the time the Second Continental Congress meets in May 1775, a full on rebellion has begun. The Continental Congress forms the Continental Army and places George Washington in command. Washington is able to break the siege in 1776 by having Henry Knox bring a train of cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to place on Dorchester Heights. The new British commander, General William Howe, is forced to evacuate Boston and retreat to Halifax in Nova Scotia. The Americans, having expelled British forces from most of their territory draft and sign the Declaration of Independence, making July 4 the date of American independence. Months later, General Howe and his brother Admiral Richard Howe, invade New York, capturing Long Island and Manhattan. The Continental army retreats and almost collapses. By late December 1776, the British have captured most of New Jersey. In desperation, on Christmas night 1776 Washington crosses the Delaware River with his army to attack an outpost of Hessians at Trenton. The victory forces the British to send a larger army to attack, but Washington eludes them and attacks Princeton. Over ten crucial days, the Americans recapture New Jersey and give hope to the patriots. The following year, 1777, known as the year of the hangman, the British launch an attack from Quebec into New York, taking Ticonderoga. General John Burgoyne hopes to link up with the British in New York City. However, Benedict Arnold, defying General Horatio Gates, manages, to block the army forcing the surrender at Saratoga. General Howe, sails his army to the Chesapeake, landing at Head of Elk Maryland. He moves north in what becomes known as the Philadelphia Campaign, defeating the Americans at the Battle of Brandywine, then occupying Philadelphia. The Americans fail to expel the British at the Battle of Germantown, then retreat to Valley Forge for the winter. Over the winter of 177-78. Congress considers removing General Washington in what becomes known as the Conway Cabal. The Marquis de Lafayette helps to ensure Washington remains in command. General Frederick von Steuben takes over as the army’s Adjutant General and trains the Americans in professional battlefield tactics, even writing a drill manual for the Continental Army. The following spring, after Washington relieves General Charles Lee, the Americans fight the British to a draw at the Battle of Monmouth. Following the news of the American victory at Saratoga, and thanks to diplomatic efforts by Silas Deane and Benjamin Franklin, the Comte de Vergennes convinces King Louis XVI of France to sign a treaty of alliance with the US. This forces Britain to declare war on France. In 1778 the Lord Germain recalled General Howe, leaving General Sir Henry Clinton in command of forces in North America. Clinton obeys orders to withdraw from Philadelphia back to New York. He is forced to redeploy much of the British army to the West Indies and other parts of the Empire to fight the French. Britain sends the Carlisle Peace Commission to negotiate and end to the war, but the Americans will accept nothing less than independence. The Revolution becomes a World War. In 1779 the British capture Savannah, Georgia as part of a southern strategy, invading from British East Florida. The Americans wipe out Native American villages in upstate New York as part of the Sullivan Campaign. John Paul Jones threatens Britain directly with costal raids, and the naval battle between the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis. Spain joins France in a treaty and goes to war with Britain. The Spanish primarily want to recover Gibraltar. Other European powers form the League of Armed Neutrality. In 1780, Sir Henry Clinton leads an armada to capture Charleston, South Carolina. Continental General Benjamin Lincoln surrenders an army of 5000. Clinton leaves General Charles Cornwallis in command of the southern strategy. Lord Cornwallis secures South Carolina and attempts to move the war into North Carolina. The Continental Congress ends General Gates to lead a southern army to oppose Cornwallis. However Gates is defeated at the battle of Camden. Only local leaders such as Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, and Charles Sumter, the Gamecock, keep a fight that disputes control of the colony. Washington then sends General Nathanael Greene to take command in the south. The Battles of King’s Mountain, Cowpens, and Guilford Courthouse, with smaller skirmishes, reduce Cornwallis’ army, which must eventually retreat into Virginia. The British ministry becomes more desperate. Prime Minister Lord North attempts to resign repeatedly, but the King will not accept his resignation. Britain declares war on the Netherlands and continues its fight. The Continentals have their own crises. The Pennsylvania and New Jersey lines mutiny. Benedict Arnold commits treason, joining the British with an attempt to give them West Point. In the end though, Washington’s Continentals with the French army under General Rochambeau force Lord Cornwallis to surrender his army at Yorktown. The British begin serious negotiations for peace. The peace process takes more than a year, finally ending with the Treaty of Versailles in 1783. The Continental Army disbands, forming the first veterans group: the Society of Cincinnati. Washington returns to Mount Vernon. Northern states end slavery but the southern states do not. A weak government continues under the Articles of Confederation. However, Shays’ Rebellion and other matters convince American leaders they need a stronger government. Delegates meet in Philadelphia in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention. Delegates included Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. George Washington serves as the Convention’s president. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams are in Europe working as diplomats. Debate on ratification is fierce, proponents write the Federalist papers in support. Opponents demand a Bill of Rights, which proponents agree to add as Amendments once ratified. The Constitution is adopted, and the first US Congress meets in New York in 1789. Washington is sworn is as president. He must suppress the Whiskey Rebellion and other challenges while building the first government. A compromise agrees that the government will assume all state war debts and that it will move to a new capital in Washington, DC. T The government moves temporarily to Philadelphia, but does not have Washington, DC ready until near the end of John Adams’ administration. The French revolution begins, dividing Americans. Washington remains neutral as his friend Lafayette helps to replace the King of France. John Adams replaces Washington as President in 1797, with Jefferson as his Vice President. Following the XYZ Affair, the US almost goes to war with France in the Quasi War. Following passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, Adams loses reelection and Jefferson becomes President. The US makes the Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson sends Lewis and Clark to explore the territory. James Madison succeeds Jefferson. Americans fight the Battle of Tippecanoe against Native tribes. They also fight the War of 1812, ending with Andrew Jackson’s victory in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
We look at the founding era of the United States, beginning with the French and Indian War, and moving through the era chronologically.
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
After receiving a vague letter from Congress recalling him in spring 1778, Silas Deane returned to Philadelphia. He sailed aboard the French fleet and having successfully finalized the Treaties of Amity and Commerce.
Upon his arrival, the Continental Congress kept him waiting for months while circulating rumors about accusations against him. After months of waiting and not being allowed to leave Philadelphia, Deane published an angry article in the newspapers. This only resulted in a messy and public dispute that delegates held against Deane.
After well over a year, Congress ended the hearings with no final determination. Deane was left without a position or compensation for his time. Deane would eventually return to Europe as a private citizen.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Silas Deane, Revolutionary War Diplomat and Politician, by Milton C. Van Vlack.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, by Jared Sparks:
Vol. 1: Silas Deane’s Correspondence: https://archive.org/details/diplomaticcorres01sparuoft
Vol. 2: Arthur Lee’s Correspondence: https://archive.org/details/diplomaticcorres02sparuoft
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Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
British Admiral Augustus Keppel and French Admiral Louis Guillouet, the comte d'Orvilliers lead fleets into the Atlantic. Each hope to destroy the other's fleet.
After a relatively inconclusive battle at sea both battered fleets return to port. Disputes between top officers end careers on both sides. British Admirals Keppel and Palliser create a rift that divides naval officers and political leaders for a generation.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Syrett, David The Royal Navy in European Waters During the American Revolutionary War, Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Trial of the Honourable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue Squadron: At a Court Martial, https://archive.org/details/trialhonourable00blangoog
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Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
In the late summer and fall of 1778, the Continental army holds inquiries into the leadership abilities of three of its top major generals: Charles Lee, Arthur St. Clair, and Phillip Schuyler. A fourth General, Thomas Mifflin, resigns.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: George Washington's Nemesis: The Outrageous Treason and Unfair Court-Martial of Major General Charles Lee during the Revolutionary War, by Christian McBurney.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Life of General Philip Schuyler, 1733-1804: https://archive.org/details/lifeofgeneralphi00tuckiala
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Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
The Continental Army, backed by New England militia, attempts to capture the British garrison at Newport. The French Navy agrees to secure the waters around the island and contribute to the assault.
After a storm damages the French fleet and a British relief fleet is sighted, the French sail for Boston. The Americans must retreat from the island before they are surrounded.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Rhode Island Campaign: The First French and American Operation in the Revolutionary War, by Christian McBurney
Online Recommendation of the Week: History of North America Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mark-vinet
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Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
British Canada gets a new military commander. Native warriors and loyalist militia step up their raids into northern New York in an attempt to reclaim the area for the King.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Joseph Brant, 1743-1807, Man of Two Worlds, by Isabel Thompson Kelsay.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Story of Butler's Rangers and the Settlement of Niagara, by Earnest A. Cruikshank: https://archive.org/details/StoryOfButlersRangersAndTheSettlementOfNiagra
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Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
1778: The British Army in New York City launches raids against the Continentals and into New Jersey before much of the army must leave for other parts of the British Empire.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Grand Forage 1778, The Battleground Around New York City, by Todd Braisted.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Muh-he-ka-ne-ok, a History of the Stockbridge Nation, by J.N. Davidson. https://archive.org/details/muhhekaneokhisto00davi
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Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
As Admiral Richard Howe prepares to return to London, General Henry Clinton deploys a small fleet under Captain Patrick Ferguson to wipe out a "nest of pirates" at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.
General Casimir Pulaski, who has assembled his legion, marches to Little Egg Harbor to defend against the raid.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Casimir Pulaski: Cavalry Commander of the American Revolution, by Francis C. Kajencki.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Biographical sketch: or, Memoir of Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Ferguson, by Adam Ferguson: https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket00ferg
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Sunday May 09, 2021
Sunday May 09, 2021
Sunday May 09, 2021
General Washington develops a spy ring in British-occupied New York to provide the Continental Army with intelligence on the enemy.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring, by Alex Rose
Online Recommendation of the Week: Based on a True Story Podcast, Ep. 139 How does the show Turn! compare with actual events? https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/139-turn-washingtons-spies-with-michael-troy
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Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
Jack Kelly, author of Valcour: The 1776 Campaign that Saved the Cause of Liberty, discusses the topic of his new book.
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Sunday May 16, 2021
Sunday May 16, 2021
Sunday May 16, 2021
General Benedict Arnold struggles as military governor of Philadelphia. Radicals attack him for profiting from his office and for consorting with loyalists. Radicals execute collaborators while Arnold attempts to bring the city back together.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Tom Paine and Revolutionary America, by Eric Foner.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Edward Shippen Family: A Search for Stability in Revolutionary Pennsylvania, by Kenneth Kimsey: https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/565282/AZU_TD_BOX104_E9791_1973_325.pdf
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Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
In the fall of 1778, Americans attack Indian villages at Unadilla and Onaquaga in upstate New York. In response, Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant and Major Walter Butler of Butler's Rangers attack the Americans at Cherry Valley, NY. They slaughter men, women, and children.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Iroquois in the American Revolution, by Barbara Graymont (or borrow the book for free on Archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Old New York Frontier, by Francis Whiting Halsey https://archive.org/details/oldnewyorkfronti01hals
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Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
Late in 1778, Both France and Britain look for vulnerable islands in the West Indies. France captures the British Island of Dominica Britain captures St. Lucia before a the French fleet arrives from America.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The American Revolution and the West Indies, by Charles W. Toth (ed) (or borrow the book for free on Archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Founder of the day: founderoftheday.com, also FOTD Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ3Gi2ZE_1piyX4aZ83cLbg
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Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Britain sends a force under Colonel Archibald Campbell to take Savannah, Georgia. A small defensive force under General Robert Howe attempts a defense but is easily out maneuvered.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Southern Strategy: Britain’s Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia 1775-1780, By David K Wilson
Online Recommendation of the Week: Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneill; sometime prisoner of war in the jail at Concord, Massachusetts, By Charles Walcott, 1899: https://archive.org/details/sirarchibaldcamp00walc
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Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
A frustrated President Henry Laurens resigns. Congress elects John Jay to run Congress. It also investigates General William Thompson for allegedly bad mouthing Congress. The session is also filled with efforts to deal with the growing debt and related inflation of the Continental Dollar.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: John Jay: Founding Father, by Walter Stahr.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Resignation of Henry Laurens: https://archive.org/details/jstor-20083317
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Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
The Commander of the Continental Army leaves for Philadelphia in December 1778 to confer with Congress. His plans to stay for only a few days drags into well over a month as events keep him occupied in the city.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington, the Indispensable Man, by James Flexner
Online Recommendation of the Week: Itinerary of George Washington, from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783 https://archive.org/details/itineraryofgener01bake
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Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, author of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, discusses the first Administration and how President Washington came to use his Cabinet.
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Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
The North Ministry faces increase opposition in 1779 as more members of Parliament favor American independence. Meanwhile, France must put a stop to the War of Bavarian Succession so that in could focus on the war with Britain.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: The Long Fuse: How England Lost the American Colonies, 1760-1785, by Don Cook (or borrow for free on archive.org).
& Joseph II and Bavaria : Two Eighteenth Century Attempts at German Unification, by Paul P Bernard (or borrow for free on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Memoirs of the Marquis of Rockingham and his Contemporaries. by George Keppel, Earl of Albemarle, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
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Sunday Jul 04, 2021
Sunday Jul 04, 2021
Sunday Jul 04, 2021
I discuss the events leading up to independence, how the colonies made that dangerous leap to fight for independence.
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Sunday Jul 11, 2021
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
With Savannah already secured by the end of 1778, the British under General Augustine Prévost capture Fort Morris just south of Savannah. They then move inland to occupy Augusta, while keeping the Continental Army under General Benjamin Lincoln across the border in South Carolina.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Savannah, 1779 The British Turn South, by Scott Martin and Bernard Harris, 2017.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The History of Georgia, Vol. 2, by Charles C. Jones ,1883: https://archive.org/details/historyofgeorgia02jone_0
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Sunday Jul 18, 2021
Sunday Jul 18, 2021
Sunday Jul 18, 2021
Pennsylvania's new President Joseph Reed targets the military governor in Philadelphia, Benedict Arnold, for corruption and for siding with the city's Tories.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Benedict Arnold in Philadelphia, by Ray Thompson.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Betsy Dublois: The Girl Who Got Away from Benedict Arnold: https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/betsy-deblois-girl-got-away-benedict-arnold
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Sunday Jul 25, 2021
Sunday Jul 25, 2021
Sunday Jul 25, 2021
Over 1778-79, British Lt. Governor Henry Hamilton attempts to secure the Illinois Territory for Britain and encourages Indian attacks on Virginia settlers in Kentucky. In early 1779, Virginia Colonel George Rogers Clark captures the key forts in the region and takes Governor Hamilton as a prisoner.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: George Rogers Clark: I Glory in War, by William R. Nester.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783: and, life of Gen. George Rogers Clark, by William H. English:
Vol. 1 https://archive.org/details/conquestcountry02englgoog
Vol. 2 https://archive.org/details/conquestofcountr6308engl
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Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
British General William Tryon leads a raid on Horseneck Landing in Connecticut. Continental General Israel Putnam mounts a defense, then makes a daring escape. Following the raid, both armies settle into winter quarters: the British in New York City, and the Continentals in Watchung Mountains of New Jersey.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Major General Israel Putnam: Hero of the American Revolution, by Robert E. Hubbard.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Middlebrook Encampment: http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/battles/midbrk.html
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Sunday Aug 08, 2021
Sunday Aug 08, 2021
Sunday Aug 08, 2021
A British force from Augusta launches an attack on Port Royal, SC but is repelled by the South Carolina militia. A group of British loyalists raised in the Carolinas marches to Augusta but is decimated and largely dispersed at the battle of Kettle Creek.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia, by Leslie Hall.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Davis, Robert Scott. “The Loyalist Trials at Ninety Six in 1779.” The South Carolina Historical Magazine, vol. 80, no. 2, 1979, pp. 172–181. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27567552
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Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
American forces led primarily by South Carolina militia, move into Georgia with the intent of restricting the movement of British forces within the colony. The British attack and disperse the rebel militia at Brier Creek.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Winning Independence, by John Ferling.
Online Recommendation of the Week: An Unfortunate Affair: The Battle of Brier Creek and the Aftermath in Georgia, Georgia Southern University Master's Thesis by William Henry: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1914&context=etd
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Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
The British army threatens South Carolina in 1779. The Continental Congress supports a proposal to raise and army of slaves to defend the state.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: John Laurens and the American Revolution,
by Gregory D. Massey
Online Recommendation of the Week: Massey, Gregory D. “The Limits of Antislavery Thought in the Revolutionary Lower South: John Laurens and Henry Laurens.” The Journal of Southern History, vol. 63, no. 3, 1997, pp. 495–530. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2211648
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Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Captain Gustavus Conyngham disrupts merchant shipping around Great Britain. His efforts earn him the moniker "The Dunkirk Pirate" from the British. He is captured several times but manages to escape. Upon returning to Philadelphia, the Continental Congress challenges his credentials and confiscates his ship.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution, by Mike Duncan. Order from a private bookseller on Bookshop.org
Online Recommendation of the Week: Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham: A Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779, by Robert Neeser (ed): https://archive.org/details/lettersandpaper00neesgoog
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Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
When the Chickamauga under Dragging Canoe threaten settlements in Western Virginia and North Carolina, the militia under Colonel Even Shelby raid their villages. The raiders capture tons of supplies provided by British agents and scatter the warrior army.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Heart of the Eagle: Dragging Canoe & the Emergence of the Chickamauga Confederacy, by Brent Cox.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Isaac Shelby: Revolutionary Patriot and Border Hero, by Archibald Henderson: https://archive.org/details/isaacshelbyrevol00hend
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Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Spain signs the Treaty of Aranjuez with France, committing itself to war with Britain. Spain does not ally directly with the United States. It hopes to take advantage of Britain's current difficulties recover territories lost to the British, including Gibraltar, Menorca, and the Floridas.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Spain and the American Revolution: New Approaches and Perspectives
Online Recommendation of the Week: Spain's Declining Power in South America, 1730-1806: https://archive.org/details/spainsdeclining01mosegoog
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Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
In April, 1779 the Continental Army destroys the villages of the Onondaga Tribe in the initial phase of a larger operation against the Iroquois. Col. Goose Van Schaick leads the raid to remove this neutral tribe as a support system for loyalist raids into upstate New York.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Goose Van Schaick of Albany, 1736-1789: The Continental Army's Senior Colonel, by T.W. Egly.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Van Schaick Expedition, April 1779: https://www.nps.gov/fost/learn/historyculture/the-van-schaick-expedition-april-1779.htm
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Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Over much of 1779 General Arnold struggles to pay his debts, as well as keeping his new trophy wife in style. At the same time, a court martial to settle the charges against him keep being delayed.
While Arnold struggles, British agents approach him with offers of money if he would assist in bringing the colonies back under royal authority. Arnold opens up negotiations with Major John André.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Secret history of the American Revolution: an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, by Carl Van Doren (or borrow on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: University of Michigan Clements Library: https://clements.umich.edu
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Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
May 1779: After American General Benjamin Lincoln moves from his base in South Carolina to reinforce August, British General Augustine Prevost takes a large foraging party of 2000 regulars into South Carolina. He hopes to collect forage and also to get Lincoln to pull back out of Georgia to protect Charleston.
When Lincoln refuses to engage, the British army finds itself at the gates of Charleston, but without the forces to take the city. City leaders, fearing an assault, offer to drop out of the war and turn South Carolina into a neutral state.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Battleground of Freedom: South Carolina in the Revolution, by Nat and Sam Hilborn (view on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Sterner, Eric “John Rutledge of South Carolina, 1779” Journal of the American Revolution, March 25, 2021, https://allthingsliberty.com/2021/03/john-rutledge-governor-of-south-carolina-1779
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Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Seeking to destroy Continental supplies, the British under Naval Captain George Collier and Army General Edward Mathew attack the Chesapeake Bay area in spring 1779. Shortly after the raids, Thomas Jefferson replaces Patrick Henry as governor of Virginia.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation, by Harlow Giles Unger
Online Recommendation of the Week: Jefferson, Thomas as Governor of Virginia: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/jefferson-thomas-as-governor-of-virginia
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Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Interview with award winning author Nathaniel Philbrick. We discuss his new book, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy.
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Book: Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy, by Nathaniel Philbrick.
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Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
The Continental Congress uses 1779 to debate the terms of a peace treaty or compensation for the army. They have difficulty reaching any consensus. At the same time, Congress continues to emit paper Continental dollars which no one wants to accept. The ensuing inflation threatens to bring down the economy and the war effort.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution, by Woody Holton.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Continental Dollar: Initial Design, Ideal Performance, and the Credibility of Congressional Commitment, 2013: https://www.eh.net/eha/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Grubb.pdf
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Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
The American Revolution Podcast was recorded live onsite in Quakertown at the grand opening of the new Liberty & Co Store.
We discuss local history, including the Walking Purchase, smuggling the liberty Bell, the Doan Gang, and Fries Rebellion.
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
As the British withdraw from Charleston back to Savannah in 1779, the Continentals and militia under General Benjamin Lincoln attack the rearguard at Stono Ferry. Royal Governor James Wright returns to Georgia.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Revolutionary Surgeons: Patriots and Loyalists on the Cutting Edge, by Per-Olof Hasselgren
Online Recommendation of the Week: Barnwell, Robert Woodward Loyalism in South Carolina, 1765-1785, Duke Univ. Thesis, 1941: https://archive.org/details/loyalisminsouthc0000barn
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Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
When the British Fleet in the West Indies moves to protect a Merchant fleet, the French take advantage of the moment to capture the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean, by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
Online Recommendation of the Week: Mahan, Alfred Thayer Major Operations of the Royal Navy, 1762-1783. https://archive.org/details/majoroperationso00maha
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Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
The British in New York capture Stony Point, threatening the Americans as West Point. After careful reconnaissance, General Anthony Wayne leads a surprise night attack to retake the point in July 1779. The Americans then withdraw with prisoners and the fort's contents, and allow the British to reclaim the point.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: "Men who are Determined to be Free": The American Assault on Stony Point, 15 July 1779, by David C. Bonk.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Storming of Stony Point on the Hudson, July 15, 1779, its importance in the light of unpublished documents,
by Henry Johnston: https://archive.org/details/stormingofstony00john
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Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
I speak with award winning author Joseph Ellis about his new book, The Cause: the American Revolution and its Discontents 1773-1783.
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Book: The Cause: the American Revolution and its Discontents 1773-1783.
Online: https://www.josephellishistorian.com
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Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
British General William Tryon launches a series of coastal raids in Connecticut, attacking New Haven, Fairfield, and Norwalk.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: William Tryon and the Course of Empire: A Life in British Imperial Service, by Paul David Nelson
Online Recommendation of the Week: The British Invasion of New Haven, Connecticut, together with some account of their landing and burning the towns of Fairfield and Norwalk, July, 1779: https://archive.org/details/britishinvasiono00towniala
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Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
The Continentals attempt to establish a fort in the Ohio region over the winter of 1778-79. Local tribes are unhappy with the deal and after a brief siege, force the Americans to withdraw back to Fort Pitt.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: Fort Laurens, 1778-1779: The Revolutionary War in Ohio, by James B. Gidney & Thomas I. Pieper
Online Recommendation of the Week: History of the Girtys: being a concise account of the Girty brothers--Thomas, Simon, James and George, and of their half-brother John Turner: https://archive.org/details/historyofgirtysb00butt
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Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
The Massachusetts Militia, with assistance from the Continental Navy, attempt to dislodge a Loyalist base being established near modern day Castine, Maine.
The American failure led to several courts martial, including that of Lt. Col. Paul Revere.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Penobscot Expedition: Commodore Saltonstall and the Massachusetts Conspiracy of 1779, by George Buker (or read on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Siege of Penobscot by the Rebels, by John Calef: https://archive.org/details/siegepenobscot00calerich
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Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Interview with best selling author Andrew Roberts about his biography of King George III:
The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III, 2021.
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Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Spain's control of the Louisiana territory remains tenuous in the years leading up to the Revolution. After Spain intercepts British orders to capture New Orleans, Spain preempts the action by capturing British forts, including Baton Rouge.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Bernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution, by Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia
Online Recommendation of the Week: History of Louisiana: The Spanish Domination, by Charles Gayarré
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Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Over the summer and fall of 1779 General John Sullivan and James Clinton lead a campaign of devastation against the hostile tribes of the Iroquois Confederation in upstate New York.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: A Well-Executed Failure: The Sullivan Campaign Against the Iroquois, July-September 1779, by Joseph Fischer
Online Recommendation of the Week: History of Sullivan's campaign against the Iroquois https://archive.org/details/historyofsulliva00nortiala
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Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Major Light Horse Harry Lee leads a 1779 raid on one of the few remaining British outposts in New Jersey.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: 'Light Horse Harry' Lee In the War for Independence, by Jim Piecuch and John Beakes
Online Recommendation of the Week: Schenawolf, Harry “Captain Allen McLane: Death Defying Spymaster of the American Revolution” Revolutionary War Journal, March 3, 2019: https://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/capt-allen-mclane-legendary-hero-spymaster-of-the-american-revolution-or-a-regular-soldier-who-just-did-his-duty
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Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
John Paul Jones spends nearly a year in France, awaiting a new ship. He finally receives a converted merchant ship, which he renames the Bonhomme Richard. The Commodore of a small fleets sets off to bring chaos to Britain while France and Spain prepare for a full-scale invasion of the island.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Sea Raiders of the American Revolution: The Continental Navy in European Waters, by E. Gordon Bowen-Hassell.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Life of John Paul Jones, by John S.C. Abbot: https://archive.org/details/lifeofjohnpauljo01abbo
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Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
John Paul Jones circles around the British Isles, in search of targets to attack. Frustrated by his slow ship and disobedient officers and crew, Jones fears his mission will end in failure. then, he encounters the British warship Serapis.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: John Paul Jones and the Bonhomme Richard: A Reconstruction of the Ship and an Account of the Battle With H.M.S. Serapis, by Jean Boudriot & David H. Roberts.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Navy of the American Revolution: Its Administration, Its Policy and Its Achievements, by Charles Oscar Paullin: https://archive.org/details/navyofamericanre00paul
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Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
The Continental Army cooperates with the French Navy to recapture Savannah Georgia from the British in the fall of 1779. A bloody assault on the city ends with the British holding the city, while the Americans and French withdraw.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Siege of Savannah, in 1779, by Charles C. Jones (or read on archive.org)
Online Recommendation of the Week: Davis, Robert S. “Black Hatian Soldiers at the Siege of Savannah” Journal of the American Revolution, https://allthingsliberty.com/2021/02/black-haitian-soldiers-at-the-siege-of-savannah
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Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
By late 1779, supply chain issues and inflation brought about by the war and Continental dollars creates economic desperation in Philadelphia. Desperate militia members place the blame on greedy merchants of questionable loyalty to the cause. Their outrage culminates in a military assault on the home of James Wilson.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Arms, Country and Class; The Philadelphia Militia and the “Lower Sort” during the American Revolution, by Steven Roswurm.(or read on archive.org)
Online Recommendation of the Week: James Wilson - Nation Builder: https://archive.org/details/jameswilsonnatio00alex
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