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Our April 2025 American Revolution Round Table hosted John Maass, author of From Trenton to Yorktown: Turning Points of the Revolutionary War.More books by John Maass To receive invitations to future live events, join my mailing list, https
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Following the British Retreat from Lexington and Concord on April 18, 1775, the Provincial Army of New England forms literally overnight to besiege the British Army at Boston. The standoff would last nearly a year.For more on this topic, che
The delegates at the federal convention in Philadelphia wrap up their work in September 1787, sending their proposed Constitution to the people of the United States.Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as
This week, we remember the 250th Anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775.For more details check out these episodes of the podcast:053 Paul Revere’s Ride https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/07/episode-053-paul-r
Over the summer of 1787, the Federal Convention in Philadelphia debates the idea of an executive branch for the new government.Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's
On April 14, 1775, General Gage of Massachusetts receives a letter from Lord Dartmouth calling on him to take action against the rebels.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Over the summer of 1787, the Federal Convention in Philadelphia struggles with the details of how the new federal legislature will work.Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to th
During the First week of April, 1775, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress establishes rules and regulations for the army it planned to use in the coming fight with the British Regulars.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc
In March, 2025, Author Kostya Kennedy released his book The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night that Saved America. Mr. Kennedy joined our American Revolution Roundtable to discuss Paul Revere and the importance of his famous Ride.Order the boo
On March 30, 1775, King George III signed into law the New England Restraining Act, preventing the more troublesome colonies in North America from trading with anyone other than directly with Britain and Ireland.For more on this, check out Ep
Delegates at the 1787 Federal Convention struggle to decide whether the new government will represent the states, or the people.Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week'
In March 1775, Virginia Delegates meet in defiance of the Royal Governor to discuss additional steps to opposed the actions of Parliament. When Patrick Henry proposes to build up the militia, opponents argue that such an action would be seen as
The Constitutional Convention got off to a rocky start, beginning nearly two weeks after the planned start date. Not enough states showed up until then. Delegates spent the first few days electing officers for the Convention. They unanimousl
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In March 1775, Daniel Boone begins work on the Wilderness Road into Kentucky.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
National leaders realize the Articles of Confederation just aren't working. Getting popular support for real change proves difficult.Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this
On the 5th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Joseph Warren delivers the oration remembering the massacre of March 5, 1770. The presence of British officers in the audience, combined with the tension of the time nearly sets off a riot.Learn
Congress struggles to find a way to survey and populate its western territories. A group of former officers form the Ohio Company and lobby for an insider deal that will sell some of the prime land at a bargain price. Congress agrees and begi
In late February, 1775, Prime Minister, Lord North gets Parliament to support a supposed compromise bill that is actually designed to shore up support in Parliament for the coming war in America.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon
Author Larry Kidder joins us to discuss his latest book Defending Fort Stanwix, a fort on the western frontier of New York that contributed to the ultimate surrender of the British Army at Saratoga in 1777. Kidder discusses the siege, the rela
I'm trying something new this week. This is a special supplemental episode that takes a look at events that happened 250 year ago this week. In this episode, we discuss the Salem Raid, also called Leslie's Retreat, which took place on Febru
Massachusetts farmers feel the squeeze caused by excessive taxes to pay down war debt and a shortage of money in circulation. With the laws set up to benefit wealthy eastern merchants, to the detriment of the farmers, the farmers shut down the
Years of issuing paper money to finance the Revolutionary War continued in the post war era. By 1786, farmers in debt wanted to continue paper money policies that would make it easier to pay their debts. Merchant creditors opposed these polic
The end of the war brought its own difficulties. The states no longer felt a strong need to remain united, and no one wanted to repay their war debts. In September, 1786, a group of nationalists met quietly at Annapolis, supposedly to discuss
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Thomas Jefferson drafts a bill to prevent Virginia Tax dollars from being used to support the state church, Anglicanism in the colonial era. The church itself rebrands itself as the Episcopal Church, but still hopes for state support. For yea
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