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Back to SearchThe 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, 5 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, 6 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, 8 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…
2 years, 10 months 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…
2 years, 10 months 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 …
2 years, 10 months ago
The Long Fuse - In All Cases Whatsoever
Season 12 Episode 5
In January 1766, a gout-stricken William Pitt had himself carried into the House of Commons to tell his colleagues something no statesman of his rank…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Long Fuse - The Sons of Liberty
Season 12 Episode 4
In the summer of 1765, the argument over the Stamp Act came down out of the pamphlets and into the streets. This is the story of the Sons of Liberty:…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Long Fuse - If This Be Treason
Season 12 Episode 3
He was a 29-year-old backcountry lawyer in shabby clothes, nine days into his first term, in a chamber full of the most powerful men in Virginia. By …
2 years, 10 months ago
The Long Fuse - Virtual Representation
Season 12 Episode 2
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a small tax. To the men who wrote it in London, it was the most reasonable thing in the world: the colonies should help pay…
2 years, 10 months ago