American Revolution Podcast
American Revolution Podcast explores the events of the American Revolution, from beginning to end. It publishes weekly. Be sure to check out the related blog for access to pictures, maps, and links to more useful information on each week's episode. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com
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Episode 087 Canada Spring 1776
Following the failed attempt to take Quebec City, the Continentals keep a token force around the city.
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Episode 086 The Evacuation of Boston
After the Continentals capture Dorchester Heights, the British Army and Navy must leave Boston right away.
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Episode 085 Dorchester Heights
The Continental Army occupies Dorchester Heights overnight, surprising the British and forcing them to evacuate Boston.
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Episode 084 The Continental Navy Raids the Bahamas
The Continental Congress builds a small fleet to take on the British Navy.
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Episode 083 Continental Congress Winter 1776
Delegates to the Continental Congress, including conservatives, begin to consider independence as a realistic option.
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Episode 082 The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
General Henry Clinton leaves Boston to secure the southern colonies.
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Episode 081 Common Sense
Thomas Paine arrived in America in 1774 with a head full of radical ideas: abolition, women's rights, republicanism, and independence.
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Episode 080 The Knox Expedition
General Washington appoints Henry Knox Commander of Artillery. His first mission is to find some artillery to command.
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Episode 079 The Battle of Quebec
General Montgomery and Colonel Arnold make a desperate attempt to take Quebec City before their soldiers' enlistments expire at the end of 1775.
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Episode 078 Advancing on Quebec
General Arnold demands the surrender of Quebec, but the last minute arrival of local defenders gives them the courage to hold out.
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Episode 077: The Dunmore Proclamation and the S...
Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore proclaims that slaves who abandon their rebel masters and join the British army can earn their freedom.
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Episode 076 Arnold's March to Quebec
Benedict Arnold leads a force across the New England wilderness to attack Quebec from an unexpected direction.
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Episode 075 Continental Congress Autumn 1775
Congress accepts that it is in for a long term fight.
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Episode 074 Occupied Boston 1775
The British in Boston suffer through a miserable winter.
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Episode 073 Siege of Boston, Autumn Edition
General Washington gets frustrated by the lack of a plan to attack Boston.
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Episode 072 Siege of St. Jean
Generals Schuyler and Montgomery launch an attack from Fort Ticonderoga into British controlled Canada. They lay siege Fort St. Jean.
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Episode 071 Britain Prepares to Crush a Rebellion
Over the winter of 1775-76, the Ministry in Britain decides to use overwhelming force to put an end to colonial resistance. The King refuses to receive the Olive Branch Petition.
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Episode 070 Ousted Governors and Bermuda Powder...
Active patriot groups shut down all royal control of all colonies and arrest or expel their royal governors. The colonies also conduct a raid on Bermuda to acquire more gunpowder for the cause.
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Episode 069: The South Joins the War
Over the summer of 1775, the southern colonies throw out their royal governments and take control.
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Episode 068 Congress' Olive Branch Petition
In the summer of 1775, after creating a the Continental Army and making Washington its commander, Congress makes one final effort for peace, sending the King the Olive Branch Petition.
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Episode 067: Washington Takes Command
Newly appointed General George Washington arrives in Cambridge to take command of what is now the Continental Army.
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Episode 066: The British Take Bunker Hill
After ferrying thousands of regulars across Boston Harbor, General William Howe begins his attack on Bunker and Breed's Hills late afternoon on the afternoon of June 17, 1775.
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Episode 065: The Provincials Occupy Bunker Hill
When the Provincials get word that the British plan to occupy the no man's land at Bunker Hill and Dorchester Heights, they send Massachusetts and Connecticut militia to build defenses on Bunker Hill.
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Episode 064: The Second Continental Congress Be...
In May 1775, the Second Continental Congress begins after the war has already started. Delegates must play catchup. They have to decide whether they will support the war and what their goals are.
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Episode 063 Buzzard's Bay and Machias
With the British army sitting in Boston, the navy needs to provide supplies and prevent supplies from reaching the Provincials.
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