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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…
2 years, 1 month 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…
2 years, 2 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 …
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 months ago
ARP319 Gibraltar Threatens Negotiations
Episode 319
John Jay takes a central role in negotiating peace with Britain after he loses trust that France will negotiate with America's interests in mind. Fra…
2 years, 3 months ago
ARP318 Peace Negotiations
Episode 318
During the Summer of 1782, Both the British and American Delegations fight amongst themselves trying to decide what peace should look like. Arthur Le…
2 years, 3 months ago
ARP317 Peace Commisioners
Episode 317
After the fall of Lord North's Government in Britain in early 1782, the new government under Lord Rockingham reaches out to Benjamin Franklin in Pari…
2 years, 4 months ago