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Episode 041: Tea Party Aftermath
Episode 41
Despite the open destruction of private property, the colonies generally seem to approve of Boston's reaction to the tea ships. When another tea ship…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 040: The Boston Tea Party
Episode 40
Parliament tries to win the fight over tariffs by greatly reducing the cost of tea, and maintaining only a nominal three pence per pound tax on tea. …
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 039: The Politics of Tea
Episode 39
After several years of calm in the colonies, Parliament changes the way tea is distributed and taxed throughout the Empire. Mostly, this is an attemp…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 038: The Green Mountain Boys
Episode 38
After New Hampshire issues thousands of land grants in a disputed region, New York gets the King to declare the land part of the New York colony. New…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 037: Committees of Correspondence and the Colony of Vandalia
Episode 37
As events quiet down after 1770, London tries to make many minor behind the scenes changes to the colonial power structure, making it harder for the …
8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 036: Sinking the HMS Gaspee
Episode 36
Rhode Island colonists, like just about all other colonists, greatly resented the new tough enforcement of trade laws by British officials. It made p…
8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 035: Carolina Regulators and the Battle of Alamance
Episode 35
In both North and South Carolina, colonists on the western frontier run into conflicts with the east coast dominated government. Westerners in each s…
8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 034: Massacre Fallout and Townshend Acts Repealed
Episode 34
After British Regulars kill five colonists and injure others at what becomes known as the Boston Massacre, local radicals force the government to rel…
8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 033: The Boston Massacre
Episode 33
Over the winter of 1769-70, locals in Boston make life as uncomfortable as possible for the British Regulars occupying the city. Fights break out reg…
8 years, 8 months ago
Episode 032: The Battle of Golden Hill
Episode 32
During the winter of 1769-70, New Yorkers fight with British Regulars. When New York failed to come up with sufficient money to quarter the soldiers,…
8 years, 8 months ago