Episodes

  • Episode 001: Introduction

    Episode 001: Introduction
    Jul 16 2017
    Today I begin the American Revolution Podcast. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmrevPodcast.blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Episode 002: American Background

    Episode 002: American Background
    Jul 24 2017
    Background on the American Colonies. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • Episode 003: British Background

    Episode 003: British Background
    Jul 30 2017
    Background on the American Colonies. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 mins
  • Episode 004: Britain, France, and the Indians

    Episode 004: Britain, France, and the Indians
    Aug 6 2017
    Britain and France had spent the prior century in almost continuous fighting. In American, Native tribes attempted to play off the two European powers against one another, while engaging in their own power struggles with neighboring tribes. Today's episode looks at the power dynamics in play before the outbreak of the French and Indian War.   For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • Episode 005: Jumonville & Fort Necessity

    Episode 005: Jumonville & Fort Necessity
    Aug 13 2017
    Virginia sends a young man named George Washington into the Ohio Valley to challenge the French. There, he starts a world war.  For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • Episode 006: British Take Charge: Battle of the Monongahela

    Episode 006: British Take Charge: Battle of the Monongahela
    Aug 20 2017
    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.  For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Episode 007: Acadia, Lake George, and Loudoun

    Episode 007: Acadia, Lake George, and Loudoun
    Aug 27 2017
    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 New Castle. Lord Loudoun arrives in America as the new British miltiary commander.   For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • Episode 008: Surrender of Fort Oswego

    Episode 008: Surrender of Fort Oswego
    Sep 3 2017
    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 allies. Various tribes also move aggressively to push British colonists out of the Ohio Valley.  For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins