Rev250-025 Olive Branch Petition
On July 5, 1775, after the outbreak of war in the colonies, the Continental Congress makes one final effort to reach an honorable and peaceful compromise with Britain. For more details, check up Epis...
1 Juli 20257min
AR-SP35 In Search of Molly Pitcher, with Linda Grant DePauw
Our American Revolution Round Table discusses Molly Pitcher, and other various topics with Dr. Linda Grant DePauw, History Professor Emeritus of George Washington University. Get a copy of In Searc...
29 Juni 202543min
Rev250-024 Washington Takes Command
The Continental Congress gives command of the new Continental Army to George Washington. When he arrives in Cambridge Massachusetts on July 2, 1775, he is shocked by the condition of the army. For...
26 Juni 20259min
AR-SP34 Bunker Hill, with HUB History
Jake Sconyers of the HUB History Podcast (a history of Boston) interviews Michael Troy about the battle of Bunker Hill. To learn more about HUB History, go to HUBhistory.com Learn more about yo...
22 Juni 20251h 21min
Rev250-023 Bunker Hill June 17, 1775
June 17, 1775: The Provincials occupy Bunker and Breeds Hills on the Charlestown Peninsula. The British struggle to take the Hill, leading to their largest losses of the Revolutionary War. For more ...
17 Juni 20259min
Rev250-022 Creating the Continental Army
The Second Continental Congress began meeting nearly a month after Lexington and Concord. Delegates debated what to do next before finally voting to create a Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and ap...
16 Juni 20258min
ARP356 Federalist Papers and New York
New Yorkers greatly oppose the Constitution. Governor Clinton does not even begin the convention until June 1788. After convention delegates receive word that Nine states have ratified and the Const...
15 Juni 202532min
Rev250-021 Battle of Machias
The British try to convince locals in the small town of Machias, in modern-day Maine, to provide lumber to the besieged army and navy in Boston. Instead, the locals capture the navy ship sent to thei...
10 Juni 20259min
