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Episode 106 Arms Race on Lake Champlain
Episode 106
The British spend months putting together a fleet to crush the Americans on Lake Champlain and retake Fort Ticonderoga. Generals Carleton and Burgoyn…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 105 Staten Island Peace Conference
Episode 105
After capturing Brooklyn and Long Island General Howe and Admiral Howe halt their military offensive for two weeks. During that time, they invite thr…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 104 Submarine Warfare
Episode 104
The Continental Army attempts to blow up the HMS Eagle in New York Harbor in September 1776. Using the work of David Bushnell and a small team, attem…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 103 The Battle of Brooklyn
Episode 103
The British land 20,000 men on Long Island. Using a flanking maneuver, they easily kill, capture, and scatter the inexperienced Americans. Just as th…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 102 Cherokee War in the South
Episode 102
British Indian Agents encourage the Cherokee to attack the colonies in rebellion. Cherokee tribes along the western frontiers of Virginia, the Caroli…
7 years ago
Episode 101 The British Land at Staten Island
Episode 101
The British get off to a late start, not assembling their massive invasion force at New York until August 1776. When they disembark on Staten Island,…
7 years ago
Episode 100 The Declaration of Independence
Episode 100
We review the Declaration line by line and explain what it means.
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7 years ago
Episode 099 Drafting the Declaration
Episode 99
The Continental Congress appoints a committee headed by Thomas Jefferson to draft a declaration while debate over independence continues. After Congr…
7 years ago
Episode 098 Voting for Independence
Episode 98
In the spring of 1776, the Second Continental Congress struggles to reach a unanimous vote on independence.
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7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 097 A Coup in Philadelphia
Episode 97
Radicals in Philadelphia overthrow the conservative colonial government. They install radicals just in time to get Pennsylvania to support independen…
7 years, 1 month ago