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Episode 026: The Townshend Acts
Episode 26
William Pitt, champion of colonial rights, finally becomes Prime Minister in 1766. Illness however, keeps him from active participation in the govern…
8 years, 5 months ago
Episode 025: Tensions Simmer
Episode 25
Following the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766, colonial protests stopped and trade resumed. Parliament is not happy about the pushback and seems dete…
8 years, 5 months ago
Episode 024: Stamp Act Repeal and Declaratory Act
Episode 24
The Stamp Act took effect on November 1, 1765. But colonial opposition prevented the use of any stamps. Protesters forced newspapers, courts, and por…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 023: The Stamp Act Congress
Episode 23
Colonists at all levels of society protested the Stamp Act of 1765. Newspapers railed against it. Mobs marched in the streets, and destroyed the home…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 022: The Stamp Act and Quartering Act of 1765
Episode 22
In 1765 Prime Minister Grenville led passage of the Stamp Act through Parliament. He designed the tax on newspapers, legal documents and a host of ot…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 021: The Colonies React to Taxes
Episode 21
Following the passage of the Sugar Act in 1764, the British colonies in North America begin to organize opposition. The new taxes and trade enforceme…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 020: The Sugar Act & Currency Act of 1764
Episode 20
In 1764, with Britain under a massive debt from the Seven Years War and with increased costs of maintaining its new colonies, the Grenville Ministry …
8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 019: Suppressing the Indians
Episode 19
In 1764, in response to the Native American attacks known as Pontiac's War, the colonists strike back at the Indians, killing the guilty and innocent…
8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 018: Pontiac's War
Episode 18
By 1763, France has left Canada after losing the the French and Indian war. British soldiers and colonists continue to occupy land west of the Allegh…
8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 017: Parsons Cause, Bishops, and Trade
Episode 17
As the Seven Years War comes to an end, Britain and her colonies begin bickering over issues unrelated to the war. In Virginia, a new lawyer named Pa…
8 years, 7 months ago