ARP320 Treaty of Paris
American and British negotiators work out a final treaty. It gives the Americans most of what they want. France is frustrated that the Americans have worked out a deal before France could also agree t...
21 Juli 202432min
ARP319 Gibraltar Threatens Negotiations
John Jay takes a central role in negotiating peace with Britain after he loses trust that France will negotiate with America's interests in mind. France works with its ally Spain to retake Gibraltar, ...
14 Juli 202434min
ARP318 Peace Negotiations
During the Summer of 1782, Both the British and American Delegations fight amongst themselves trying to decide what peace should look like. Arthur Lee tries to recall the American Peace Delegation. Ch...
7 Juli 202430min
ARP317 Peace Commissioners
After the fall of Lord North's Government in Britain in early 1782, the new government under Lord Rockingham reaches out to Benjamin Franklin in Paris to discuss terms for a final peace. This began a ...
30 Juni 202432min
ARP316 Skirmishing around Charleston
Through the spring and summer of 1782, British forces in Charleston under Alexander Leslie and Continental forces under Nathanael Greene skirmish with one another. Both sides recognize the end is near...
23 Juni 202435min
AR-SP25 This Fierce People
Author Alan Pell Crawford discusses his new book - This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South. We talk about why the war in the south seems to be less known, and ...
16 Juni 202451min
ARP315 Evacuation of Savannah
Continental General Anthony Wayne struggles to keep an army in the field to challenge the British in Savannah. Finally, in July 1782, Britain abandons Savannah, returning complete control of Georgia t...
9 Juni 202433min
ARP314 The Great Seal
After years of effort, Congress adopts the Great Seal in the summer of 1782. It also debates what to do about Vermont. French Minister Luzerne throws a huge party in Philadelphia to help with Franco-A...
2 Juni 202432min
