With American Political History I'm committed to bringing you bite-sized, digestible episodes that make history approachable for everyone, not just the history buffs. My goal is to engage you, to make you feel connected with the past, and to understand how it shapes our present and future. So, sit back, or better yet, take a walk or a drive, and let's journey through history together, one bite, at a time."
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Jacob Edwards King Podcasts
On September 3rd, 1783, the definitive peace treaty was signed, by the end of 1783 all English forces had withdrawn from Colonial America.By Jacob Edwards-King
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Political support for the war will breakdown in Parliament, although the peace will take years to negotiate, Yorktown and its fallout marked the end of armed conflict in colonial America.By Jacob Edwards-King
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General Washington will lead his army to siege General Cornwallis at Yorktown, provoking another English's army to surrender just a day before Genral Clinton can arrive with reinforcementsBy Jacob Edwards-King
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At the battle of Hana's cow pens, the whole revolution will change when General Morgan devises and implements a militia strategy that defeats an English army on the battlefield. The system of defense in depth will lead General Morgan and Greene to repeated victories against the English.By Jacob Edwards-King
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Revolutionary War - The Southern Solution
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14:31Whitehall will turn its attention to finding victory in the south. Sending General Clinton to attack CharlestonBy Jacob Edwards-King
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General Cornwallis will comment, it seems the war between the English and the continentals is but a side show to the partisan war raging within the southern coloniesBy Jacob Edwards-King
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General Washington would face the truth of his friendship with General Charles Lee. Americas new French friends would struggle to work with the rabble of America officers.By Jacob Edwards-King
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Revolutionary War - The Court of the Sun King
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10:49We turn to the politics in Europe. Whitehall changes leadership while the French court negotiates a treaty of economic friendship with the coloniesBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The Continental army goes to its winter quarters in Valley forge on the brink of disillusion.By Jacob Edwards-King
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Revolutionary War - The Battle of Saratoga
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14:55We discuss the continuing breakdown between the triad of generals, which leads to a disaster at SatatogaBy Jacob Edwards-King
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General Howe makes his move, defeats General Washington and captures PhilidelphiaBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The battle of Trenton, militarily unimportant but spiritually vitalBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The cause is in crisis, once again Thomas Paine to revitalize the American spiritBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The America cause delays an invasion from Canada, but the army is crumbling and might not even need to be defeated on the battlefield.By Jacob Edwards-King
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Revolutionary War -From Providence to Defeat
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13:53The continental Army escapes destruction at New York through providence, but the English army's strategy seems to be on the precipice of complete victoryBy Jacob Edwards-King
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Revolutionary War - The Battle for Brooklyn Heights
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12:55We return to the battlefield as England returns with four times the troops, this time coming for New York.By Jacob Edwards-King
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Revolutionary War -The Declaration of independence
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10:19The full text of the Declaration of IndependenceBy Jacob Edwards-King
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Revolutionary War -The Foundation to Declaration
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10:52We discuss the philosophical foundation of the declaration of independence.By Jacob Edwards-King
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Congress debates if reconciliation or revolution is the path forward culminating in the Declaration of independenceBy Jacob Edwards-King
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We discussed Henry Knox and his retravel of the artillery from fort Ticonderoga. The buildup of troops around Boston. And the release of the writings of Thomas Paine in "Common Sense" which galvanized Americans towards revolutionBy Jacob Edwards-King
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Revolutionary War - The Invasion of Canada
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14:32We discuss the American Invasion of Canada in 1776, and the battle for Quebec on the Plains of AbrahamBy Jacob Edwards-King
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Revolutionary War -Washington Takes Command
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16:42The continental army is authorized, and the Continental Congress appoints Geroge Washington and his command staff.By Jacob Edwards-King
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We discuss the triad of English generals, typical European armies, their tactics and then go into the first major battle of the revolutionary war, Bunker HillBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The Intolerable Acts - Lexington & Concord
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10:20Genera Gage makes a move to seize the armory at Concord. At Lexington, "the shot heard around the world" marks the first blood drawn in the American Revolution.By Jacob Edwards-King
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As sentiments harden, King Geroge makes his opinion known and the path to civil war opens.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The Intolerable Acts - The First Continental Congress
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19:15Colonial America reacts to the intolerable acts by forming the first congenital congress. The congress agrees to an economic pact call "the association" and send their grievances to King Geroge IIIBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The Boston Tea party is responded to with a set of acts of parliament designed to bring Massachusetts to its knees, known in Colonial America as the Intolerable Acts.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The Intolerable Acts - The Insult of Cheap Tea
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11:12Parliament, dealing with the failing East India Company. Lower the duty on Tea into England and shipped the warehoused tea to the colonies. Unaware of the brewing storm around the last remaining Townshend Act tax.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The Intolerable Acts - The Boston Massacre
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14:13English troops fire into a crowd of Bostonians killing five colonial Americans. This moment creates reflection and hopes to avert more violence.By Jacob Edwards-King
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"I lament the want for wisdom" We explore the English from the Stamp act, right into the Townshend Act which though a slower reaction, created a much deeper crisis in colonial America then the Stamp Act Crisis.By Jacob Edwards-King
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In Committe Parliament would grill the colonial agent Benjiman Franklin about the stamp act and repeal considerations.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The Intolerable Acts - Defenders or Rebels?
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10:47Parliament takes of the debate over the stamp act, decided if America is in rebellion or defending their propertyBy Jacob Edwards-King
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As the Stamp act passes, colonial American is engulfed in political violence by the Sons of Liberty who bad the start of 1766 had forced out every stamp collector in colonial America.By Jacob Edwards-King
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As England exits the Seven Year War, it as a mounting debt and looks to alleviate their debt issues from Colonial America. issuing the Sugar Act and then the Stamp Act over the growing protest in Colonial AmericaBy Jacob Edwards-King
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In preparation for discussing the stamp act, we will review the competing political views/reactions to the passage of the stamp actBy Jacob Edwards-King
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We set the stage of the area of discontent in the colonies. With a new King, came a new colonial policy but no one could see the course that was being set. Even Benjimin Franklin thought it an Impossibility that the colonies could unite against the mother country.By Jacob Edwards-King
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Welcome to this season of American Political History, The Intolerable Acts. This season will cover the events/decade that leads up to the American Revolution.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - General Uprising
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9:22We will detail the general uprising of Ohio Valley native nations before we end this season.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - The Cherokee War
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10:09We will detail the Cherokee war and its outcome.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - The conquest of French Canada
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10:08We will detail final battles defending Quebec from French Canada's last-ditch offensive and the surrender at Montréal.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - The Plains of Abraham
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11:54We detail the events of the campaign of 1759 and the conquest of Quebec on the plains of Abraham.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - The Campaign of 1758
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10:26We detail the battles of each of the English expeditions in North AmericaBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - Massacre at Fort William Henry
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10:11A major inflection point of the contest in north America would happen after the French took Fort William Henry in northern New York.By Jacob Edwards-King
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A shuffling of the Privy council changes leadership in colonial America. The earl of Loudon comes to New York with most expansive political and military powers any official will have in North America.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - Braddock's Defeat
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10:50White hall responds to the French incursion into the Ohio Valley with an Army. which is promptly defeated by self-inflected wounds.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - Fort Necessity
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15:39We continue the events in the Ohio Valley, covering the defeat of Lt colonel Washington at Fort NecessityBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - The Ohio Valley
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10:36After the end of the King Geoge's War, Canda, Virginia and Pennsylvania begin the contest to control the Ohio ValleyBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - Broken Promises
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11:27We work the the events of King Goerges war, including the many broken promises of this war.By Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - King George's War
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10:37As King Geroge's war opens, New England attacks Fort LouisburgBy Jacob Edwards-King
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The North American Contest - Oglethorpe's Bluff
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8:53We discuss how James Oglethorpe bluffed the survival of the colony of Georgia and a single well timed lie.By Jacob Edwards-King
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