Episode 037: Committees of Correspondence and the Colony of Vandalia
As events quiet down after 1770, London tries to make many minor behind the scenes changes to the colonial power structure, making it harder for the colonies to resist the next confrontation. Samuel A...
25 Mar 201821min
Episode 036: Sinking the HMS Gaspee
Rhode Island colonists, like just about all other colonists, greatly resented the new tough enforcement of trade laws by British officials. It made profitable trade virtually impossible. The HMS Gaspe...
18 Mar 201821min
Episode 035: Carolina Regulators and the Battle of Alamance
In both North and South Carolina, colonists on the western frontier run into conflicts with the east coast dominated government. Westerners in each state form Regulator movements to enforce the law lo...
11 Mar 201821min
Episode 034: Massacre Fallout and Townshend Acts Repealed
After British Regulars kill five colonists and injure others at what becomes known as the Boston Massacre, local radicals force the government to relocate the soldiers to Castle Island, out in Boston ...
4 Mar 201822min
Episode 033: The Boston Massacre
Over the winter of 1769-70, locals in Boston make life as uncomfortable as possible for the British Regulars occupying the city. Fights break out regularly. The local courts would not punish locals an...
25 Feb 201821min
Episode 032: The Battle of Golden Hill
During the winter of 1769-70, New Yorkers fight with British Regulars. When New York failed to come up with sufficient money to quarter the soldiers, British Regulars destroy the Liberty Pole. Isaac S...
18 Feb 201821min
Episode 031: Wilkes and Liberty & Tar and Feathers
Radical John Wilkes returns from France in 1768 to face the charges for seditious libel. He would spend the next two years in prison, during which time he would be elected to Parliament, which refused...
11 Feb 201821min
Episode 030: The Occupation of Boston
With officials in Boston unable to control the people and enforce the law, Secretary of State Hillsborough decides enough is enough and orders four regiments of British regulars to occupy the town. Ra...
4 Feb 201820min
