Revolutionary War - The Invasion of Canada
We discuss the American Invasion of Canada in 1776, and the battle for Quebec on the Plains of Abraham
4 Jul 202514min
Revolutionary War -Washington Takes Command
The continental army is authorized, and the Continental Congress appoints Geroge Washington and his command staff.
4 Jul 202516min
Revolutionary War - A Triad of Generals
We discuss the triad of English generals, typical European armies, their tactics and then go into the first major battle of the revolutionary war, Bunker Hill
4 Jul 20259min
The Long Fuse - Lexington and Concord
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 depended on speed and surprise, and he had neither. T...
24 Mar 202526min
The Long Fuse - The First Continental Congress
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 whether they were anything more than twelve separa...
17 Mar 202528min
The Long Fuse - The Intolerable Acts
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 the Royal Navy, tore up the Massachusetts charter, ...
10 Mar 202527min
The Long Fuse - The Cockpit
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 torn apart. For more than an hour, the King’s Solici...
3 Mar 202531min
The Long Fuse - The Insult of Cheaper Tea
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 Tea Act would make British tea cheaper than the smug...
14 Des 202428min
