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ARP329 Signing the Peace Treaty
Episode 329
Although major operations of the war ended in 1781, it took several more years before negotiators could work out a peace treaty. The American Peace C…
1 year, 9 months ago
ARP328 Cuddalore - The Last Battle
Episode 328
In June of 1783, British forces (not yet aware of the preliminary peace treaty that had been concluded in late 1782) attacked the Indian town of Cudd…
1 year, 9 months ago
ARP327 Continental Instability
Episode 327
In the summer of 1783, disgruntled Continental soldiers march on Philadelphia, forcing Congress to flee to Princeton. Washington sends the majority o…
1 year, 9 months ago
ARP326 Fort Carlos
Episode 326
British agent James Logan Colbert raises a force of western loyalists and Chickasaw Indians to attack a Spanish outpost on the Arkansas River. The Sp…
1 year, 9 months ago
ARP325 Threat of Peace
Episode 325
The Continental Congress struggles in late 1782 and early 1783 to find a way to pay the army and its creditors for the cost of the war. It's inabilit…
1 year, 9 months ago
ARP324 Newburgh Conspiracy
Episode 324
In early 1783, all Americans await the arrival of an expected peace treaty. The Continental Officers, afraid that they will be sent home without any …
1 year, 10 months ago
ARP323 Evacuation of Charleston
Episode 323
After a few final skirmishes, the British army evacuates Charleston, SC in December 1782. They take with them thousands of loyalist militia, civilian…
1 year, 10 months ago
ARP322 Long Beach Island Massacre
Episode 322
In 1782 and 1783, as it becomes increasingly apparent that the British have agreed to leave the United States, loyalist officers like John Bacon of N…
1 year, 10 months ago
ARP321 Blue Licks & Fort Henry
Episode 321
In the summer and fall of 1782, two expeditions of Butler's Rangers, supported by large numbers of Indian warriors attack American outposts in Kentuc…
1 year, 11 months ago
ARP320 Treaty of Paris
Episode 320
American and British negotiators work out a final treaty. It gives the Americans most of what they want. France is frustrated that the Americans have…
1 year, 11 months ago