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Episode 011: Louisbourg, Frontenac, & Treaty of Easton
Episode 11
Gen. Amherst captures Louisbourg in Britain's first major victory of the French and Indian War. The British follow up with a successful raid on Fort …
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 010: New British Strategy & Attack on Fort Carillon
Episode 10
After continuing defeats, Britain changes leaders. It also adopts a new strategy for encouraging British colonial support for the war in North Americ…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 009: Fort William Henry Massacre & Rise of William Pitt
Episode 9
The French offensive continues in 1757 as Gen. Montcalm takes Fort William Henry. France's Indian allies massacre part of the British and colonial ga…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 008: Surrender of Fort Oswego
Episode 8
The French go on the offensive, capturing Forts Ontario and Oswego. The British retreat, ceding much of upper New York to the French and their Indian…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 007: Acadia, Lake George, and Loudoun
Episode 7
The British expel the French inhabitants, of Acadia. The French and British fight over Lake George. Britain gets a new Prime Minister, the Duke of Ne…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 006: British Take Charge: Battle of the Monongahela
Episode 6
Britain sends Gen. Braddock to America to recapture the Ohio Valley in 1755. He meets the French and Indians at the Battle of the Monongahela.
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9 years, 2 months ago
Episode 005: Jumonville & Fort Necessity
Episode 5
Virginia sends a young man named George Washington into the Ohio Valley to challenge the French. There, he starts a world war.
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9 years, 2 months ago
Episode 004: Britain, France, and the Indians
Episode 4
Britain and France had spent the prior century in almost continuous fighting. In American, Native tribes attempted to play off the two European power…
9 years, 2 months ago
Episode 003: British Background
Episode 3
Background on the American Colonies. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com.
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9 years, 2 months ago
Episode 002: American Background
Episode 2
Background on the American Colonies. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com.
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9 years, 3 months ago