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I discuss the events leading up to independence, how the colonies made that dangerous leap to fight for independence.
I also speak with Jason Mandresh of "Founder of the Day" founderoftheday.com or https://www.youtube.com/founderoftheday and Lee Wright from History Camp historycamp.org or thehistorylist.com.
Also mentioned, interesting Revolutionary War-themed tours
History Camp America on July 10, including . . .
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The North Ministry faces increase opposition in 1779 as more members of Parliament favor American independence. Meanwhile, France must put a stop to the War of Bavarian Succession so that in could focus on the war with Britain.
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Book Recommendations of the Week: The Long Fuse: How England Lost the American Colonies, 1760-1785, by Don Cook (or borrow for free on archive.org).
& Joseph II and Bavaria : Two Eighteenth Century Attempts at German Unification, by Paul P Bernard (or borrow for free on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Memoirs of the Marquis of Rockingham and his Contemporaries. by George Keppel, Earl of Albemarle, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
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Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, author of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, discusses the first Administration and how President Washington came to use his Cabinet.
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The Commander of the Continental Army leaves for Philadelphia in December 1778 to confer with Congress. His plans to stay for only a few days drags into well over a month as events keep him occupied in the city.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington, the Indispensable Man, by James Flexner
Online Recommendation of the Week: Itinerary of George Washington, from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783 https://archive.org/details/itineraryofgener01bake
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A frustrated President Henry Laurens resigns. Congress elects John Jay to run Congress. It also investigates General William Thompson for allegedly bad mouthing Congress. The session is also filled with efforts to deal with the growing debt and related inflation of the Continental Dollar.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: John Jay: Founding Father, by Walter Stahr.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Resignation of Henry Laurens: https://archive.org/details/jstor-20083317
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Britain sends a force under Colonel Archibald Campbell to take Savannah, Georgia. A small defensive force under General Robert Howe attempts a defense but is easily outmaneuvered.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Southern Strategy: Britain’s Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia 1775-1780, By David K Wilson
Online Recommendation of the Week: Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneill; sometime prisoner of war in the jail at Concord, Massachusetts, By Charles Walcott, 1899: https://archive.org/details/sirarchibaldcamp00walc
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Late in 1778, Both France and Britain look for vulnerable islands in the West Indies. France captures the British Island of Dominica Britain captures St. Lucia before a the French fleet arrives from America.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The American Revolution and the West Indies, by Charles W. Toth (ed) (or borrow the book for free on Archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Founder of the day: founderoftheday.com, also FOTD Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ3Gi2ZE_1piyX4aZ83cLbg
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In the fall of 1778, Americans attack Indian villages at Unadilla and Onaquaga in upstate New York. In response, Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant and Major Walter Butler of Butler's Rangers attack the Americans at Cherry Valley, NY. They slaughter men, women, and children.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Iroquois in the American Revolution, by Barbara Graymont (or borrow the book for free on Archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Old New York Frontier, by Francis Whiting Halsey https://archive.org/details/oldnewyorkfronti01hals
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General Benedict Arnold struggles as military governor of Philadelphia. Radicals attack him for profiting from his office and for consorting with loyalists. Radicals execute collaborators while Arnold attempts to bring the city back together.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Tom Paine and Revolutionary America, by Eric Foner.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Edward Shippen Family: A Search for Stability in Revolutionary Pennsylvania, by Kenneth Kimsey: https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/565282/AZU_TD_BOX104_E9791_1973_325.pdf
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Jack Kelly, author of Valcour: The 1776 Campaign that Saved the Cause of Liberty, discusses the topic of his new book.
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