Revolutionary War -Washington Takes Command
The continental army is authorized, and the Continental Congress appoints Geroge Washington and his command staff.
4 Juli 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 Juli 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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Dec 202428min
The Long Fuse - Thirteen Clocks
After the Boston Massacre, the great quarrel with Britain seemed to burn out. The soldiers sailed home, the boycotts collapsed, and London congratulated itself that the trouble was over. It was not ov...
10 Okt 202329min
