Hanging with History

Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 2, John Wilkes


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This continues the British centric focus on the approach to the American Revolution.  We cover the many distractions of the British government and get into some of the many ways government policy and grip on reality was just lacking in so many ways.

John Wilkes and his saga is a major distraction and a fascinating story.  But there is also Junius, the East India Company, The Present Discontents, Fox bathing in cream and foreign policy oriented towards Europe.  We cover how the Townsend Acts, the Intolerable Acts and the Mansfield decision abolishing slavery complete the revolutionary coalition in America.  

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