American Political History
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."
Episodes
115 episodes
The Intolerable Acts - The Boston Massacre
English troops fire into a crowd of Bostonians killing five colonial Americans. This moment creates reflection and hopes to avert more violence.
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Season 11
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Episode 9
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14:13
The Intolerable Acts - The Townshend Act
"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.
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Season 11
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Episode 8
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13:48
The Intolerable Acts - Path to Repeal
In Committe Parliament would grill the colonial agent Benjiman Franklin about the stamp act and repeal considerations.
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Season 11
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Episode 7
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13:49
The Intolerable Acts - Defenders or Rebels?
Parliament takes of the debate over the stamp act, decided if America is in rebellion or defending their property
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Season 11
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Episode 6
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10:47
The Intolerable Acts - Sons of Liberty
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.
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Season 11
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Episode 5
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14:09
The Intolerable Acts - The Stamp Act
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 America
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Season 11
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Episode 4
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12:42
The Intolerable Acts - Property Rights
In preparation for discussing the stamp act, we will review the competing political views/reactions to the passage of the stamp act
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Season 11
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Episode 3
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9:55
The Intolerable Acts - An Impossibility
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...
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Season 11
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Episode 2
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8:53
The Intolerable Acts - Introduction
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.
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Season 11
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Episode 1
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4:41
The North American Contest - General Uprising
We will detail the general uprising of Ohio Valley native nations before we end this season.
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Season 10
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Episode 14
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9:22
The North American Contest - The Cherokee War
We will detail the Cherokee war and its outcome.
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Season 10
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Episode 13
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10:09
The North American Contest - The conquest of French Canada
We will detail final battles defending Quebec from French Canada's last-ditch offensive and the surrender at Montréal.
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Season 10
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Episode 12
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10:08
The North American Contest - The Plains of Abraham
We detail the events of the campaign of 1759 and the conquest of Quebec on the plains of Abraham.
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Season 10
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Episode 11
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11:54
The North American Contest - The Campaign of 1758
We detail the battles of each of the English expeditions in North America
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Season 10
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Episode 10
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10:26
The North American Contest - Massacre at Fort William Henry
A major inflection point of the contest in north America would happen after the French took Fort William Henry in northern New York.
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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10:11
The North American Contest - Loudon
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.
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Season 10
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Episode 8
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9:28
The North American Contest - Braddock's Defeat
White hall responds to the French incursion into the Ohio Valley with an Army. which is promptly defeated by self-inflected wounds.
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Season 10
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Episode 7
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10:50
The North American Contest - Fort Necessity
We continue the events in the Ohio Valley, covering the defeat of Lt colonel Washington at Fort Necessity
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Season 10
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Episode 6
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15:39
The North American Contest - The Ohio Valley
After the end of the King Geoge's War, Canda, Virginia and Pennsylvania begin the contest to control the Ohio Valley
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Season 10
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Episode 5
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10:36
The North American Contest - Broken Promises
We work the the events of King Goerges war, including the many broken promises of this war.
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Season 10
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Episode 4
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11:27
The North American Contest - King George's War
As King Geroge's war opens, New England attacks Fort Louisburg
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Season 10
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Episode 3
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10:37
The North American Contest - Oglethorpe's Bluff
We discuss how James Oglethorpe bluffed the survival of the colony of Georgia and a single well timed lie.
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Season 10
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Episode 2
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8:53
The North American Contest - "Peace" Time
We open season 10 by comparing the growth between the European colonies. We also discuss the creating of Geogia.
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Season 10
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Episode 1
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11:28