American Revolution Podcast
364 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 832 ratingsAmerican Revolution Podcast explores the events of the American Revolution, from beginning to end. It publishes weekly. Be sure to check out the related blog for access to pictures, maps, and links to more useful information on each week's episode. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com
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Episode 011: Louisbourg, Frontenac, & Treaty of Easton
September 24, 2017 09:52 - 21 minutesGen. Amherst captures Louisbourg in Britain's first major victory of the French and Indian War. The British follow up with a successful raid on Fort Frontenac. In Pennsylvania, the British sign the Treaty of Eastong. This ends most of the military opposition of Indians in the Ohio Valley. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 010: New British Strategy & Attack on Fort Carillon
September 17, 2017 09:37 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBAfter continuing defeats, Britain changes leaders. It also adopts a new strategy for encouraging British colonial support for the war in North America. Gen. Abercromby's army assaults Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com.
Episode 010: New British Strategy & Attack on Fort Carillon
September 17, 2017 09:37 - 20 minutesAfter continuing defeats, Britain changes leaders. It also adopts a new strategy for encouraging British colonial support for the war in North America. Gen. Abercromby's army assaults Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 009: Fort William Henry Massacre & Rise of William Pitt
September 10, 2017 10:33 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThe French offensive continues in 1757 as Gen. Montcalm takes Fort William Henry. France's Indian allies massacre part of the British and colonial garrison. In London, the King gives William Pitt a chance to turn around the war with new strategies. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com.
Episode 009: Fort William Henry Massacre & Rise of William Pitt
September 10, 2017 10:33 - 20 minutesThe French offensive continues in 1757 as Gen. Montcalm takes Fort William Henry. France's Indian allies massacre part of the British and colonial garrison. In London, the King gives William Pitt a chance to turn around the war with new strategies. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 008: Surrender of Fort Oswego
September 03, 2017 10:44 - 21 minutesThe French go on the offensive, capturing Forts Ontario and Oswego. The British retreat, ceding much of upper New York to the French and their Indian allies. Various tribes also move aggressively to push British colonists out of the Ohio Valley. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 007: Acadia, Lake George, and Loudoun
August 27, 2017 10:15 - 23 minutesThe British expel the French inhabitants, of Acadia. The French and British fight over Lake George. Britain gets a new Prime Minister, the Duke of New Castle. Lord Loudoun arrives in America as the new British miltiary commander. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 006: British Take Charge: Battle of the Monongahela
August 20, 2017 09:11 - 23 minutesBritain sends Gen. Braddock to America to recapture the Ohio Valley in 1755. He meets the French and Indians at the Battle of the Monongahela. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 005: Jumonville & Fort Necessity
August 13, 2017 10:25 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBVirginia sends a young man named George Washington into the Ohio Valley to challenge the French. There, he starts a world war. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com.
Episode 005: Jumonville & Fort Necessity
August 13, 2017 10:25 - 23 minutesVirginia sends a young man named George Washington into the Ohio Valley to challenge the French. There, he starts a world war. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 004: Britain, France, and the Indians
August 06, 2017 09:46 - 24 minutesBritain and France had spent the prior century in almost continuous fighting. In American, Native tribes attempted to play off the two European powers against one another, while engaging in their own power struggles with neighboring tribes. Today's episode looks at the power dynamics in play before the outbreak of the French and Indian War. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
Episode 003: British Background
July 30, 2017 11:13 - 24 minutesBackground on the American Colonies. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 002: American Background
July 24, 2017 01:44 - 24 minutesBackground on the American Colonies. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 001: Introduction
July 16, 2017 14:33 - 5 minutesToday I begin the American Revolution Podcast. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmrevPodcast.blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices