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American Revolution Podcast
Hosted by Michael Troy · EN
American 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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Rev250-107 Debating Escape from New York
1w ago00:05:25Tap to summarizeBy the beginning of August, 1776, most of the British fleet was in New York Harbor. The British Army was sitting on Statin Island, awaiting an attack. The Continental Army debated burning New York city and withdrawing without a fight. For more context, check out Episode 101 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-101-british-land-at-staten.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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ARP395 Washington's Farewell Address
1w ago00:31:33Tap to summarizeWashington waits until just before the 1796 presidential elections to announce that he will not run for a third term. His address received mixed reviews but has been remembered by history. Podcast Tour! We want your input on an American Revolution Podcast Tour planned for 2027. Please give your opinion about what this tour should look like (no commitment and should only take a few minutes). https://survey.chasehistorytours.com/revolution This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington's Farewell, by John Avlon. Online Recommendation of the Week: Text of Washington's Farewell Address, 19 September 1796: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0440-0002 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: https://merch.amrevpodcast.com Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on X @AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rev250-106 Signing the Declaration
2w ago00:06:44Tap to summarizeOn August 2, 1776, nearly a month after approving it, and after thousands of other copies were distributed around the country, delegates to the Continental Congress signed what we consider today to be the "original" Declaration of Independence. For more context, check out Episode 99 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-099-declaring-independence.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rev250-105 War with the Cherokee
2w ago00:07:27Tap to summarizeOn July 29, South Carolina militia launched an army to put an end to the attacks on their frontier. For more context, check out Episode 102 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-102-cherokee-war-in-south.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AR-SP52 Button Gwinnett with Mark Di Vincenzo
2w ago00:59:36Tap to summarizeOur July 2026 Round Table welcomed Mark Di Vincenzo, author of Button Gwinnett: America's Accidental Founding Father. To see upcoming roundtable events, or listen to past recordings, go to https://amrevrt.org/virtual-round-table-events To participate live in future Zoom events, be sure to join as a member on Patreon, or sign up for my mailing list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rev250-104 British Potomac Raids of July 1776
3w ago00:07:16Tap to summarizeAfter being forced into the waters off Virginia, Royal Governor Dunmore orders one final raid up the Potomac River which fights a skirmish on July 23, 1776. By some accounts, the raid was intended to reach Mount Vernon and possibly kidnap Martha Washington. It never got that close, but it did manage to pick up Harry Washington, an escaped slave from Mount Vernon who was ready to join the loyalist cause and earn his freedom. For more context on these events, check out Episode 69 and Episode 77 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/11/episode-069-south-joins-war.html https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/12/episode-077-dunmore-proclamation-and.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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ARP394 Tennessee Joins the Union, 1796
3w ago00:32:55Tap to summarizeTennessee's rocky road to statehood in 1796 was a difficult one, lasting over a decade. Their first governor had been a wanted fugitive just a few years earlier. This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Tennessee: A Short History, by Robert Corlew, et. al. Online Recommendation of the Week: History of Tennessee: Its People and its Institutions, https://archive.org/details/historyoftenness00garr_0 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: https://merch.amrevpodcast.com Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on X @AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rev250-103 New York Declares Independence
4w ago00:06:02Tap to summarizeWhile twelve colonies declared Independence on July 2, 1776, and approved the Declaration on July 4, New York refused to give its delegates to the Continental Congress permission to vote on Independence. On July 9th, after announcements that the twelve other states had declared their independence, New York finally acted. Message reached the Continental Congress on July 15th that the vote for independence was unanimous, with support in all thirteen states. For more context, listen to Episode 99 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-099-declaring-independence.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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ARP393 Yazoo Land Scandal
Jul 1200:31:57Tap to summarizeIn the 1790s, land speculation was one of the main ways to build your wealth. But speculation was not for the feint of heart. Cheating, theft, influence peddling, bribery, corruption, and a host of other crimes, were sometimes necessary to obtain and retain those land claims. All of that was readily apparent when Georgia tried to sell its western lands along the Yazoo River. This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Great Yazoo Lands Sale: The Case of Fletcher v. Peck, by Charles Hobson. Online Recommendation of the Week: Fletcher v. Peck (1810) https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/10us87 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: https://merch.amrevpodcast.com Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on X @AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rev250-102 British Fleet in NY
Jul 900:08:20Tap to summarizeThe first of Admiral Howe's fleet from London arrives in New York Harbor on July 12, 1776. For more, check out Episode 101 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-101-british-land-at-staten.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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