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Back to SearchThe Glorious Cause - An Army from Nothing
Season 13 Episode 2
In July 1775, George Washington rode into Cambridge to take command of the army that would win American independence, and found that the army did not…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Glorious Cause - Bunker Hill
Season 13 Episode 1
The British called it a victory. It nearly destroyed them. On June 17th, 1775, the King’s regulars marched up a hill outside Boston three times into …
1 year, 7 months ago
The Long Fuse - Lexington and Concord
Season 12 Episode 13
On the night of April 18th, 1775, General Gage sent 700 of his best soldiers on a secret march to seize the militia’s weapons at Concord. The plan de…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Long Fuse - The First Continental Congress
Season 12 Episode 11
In September 1774, 56 men from twelve colonies rode to Philadelphia and sat down together for the first time, strangers and rivals trying to discover…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Long Fuse - The Intolerable Acts
Season 12 Episode 11
In the spring of 1774, Parliament set out to break one rebellious town. After the Boston Tea Party, the King’s ministers closed Boston’s harbor with …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Long Fuse - The Cockpit
Season 12 Episode 10
On January 29th, 1774, Benjamin Franklin, the most famous American in the world, stood in a Whitehall hearing room once used for cockfights and was t…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Long Fuse - The Insult of Cheaper Tea
Season 12 Episode 9
In the spring of 1773, the most powerful corporation on earth was going bankrupt, and Parliament’s plan to save it was a shipload of cheap tea. The T…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Long Fuse - Thirteen Clocks
Season 12 Episode 8
After the Boston Massacre, the great quarrel with Britain seemed to burn out. The soldiers sailed home, the boycotts collapsed, and London congratula…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Long Fuse - The Boston Massacre
Season 12 Episode 7
On the night of March 5th, 1770, 8 terrified British soldiers, pelted with ice and clubs by a Boston crowd screaming at them to fire, fired. 5 coloni…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Long Fuse - The Townshend Acts
Season 12 Episode 6
When the colonists beat the Stamp Act, they drew a careful line: Parliament could tax their trade, but not reach inside the colonies for revenue. In …
3 years, 1 month ago