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8: From Independence to NY (meeting A. Ham, Nathan Hale & Charles Lee is a Sneaky Bastard)
8: From Independence to NY (meeting A. Ham, Nathan Hale & Charles Lee is a Sneaky Bastard)
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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Dec 17, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
“I wish there was a war.”
This is the story of independence and crushed hope. Congress is finally declaring independence and it’s not a straightforward process. We’ll listen to different delegates argue passionately for and against it.
Then we follow the war to New York where we’ll meet Alexander Hamilton and get the backstory of his rough childhood in the Caribbean and how he ended up in the Big Apple. After hanging out with Alex, we’ll hook up with George Washington who’s just come to New York, too. He’s going to have a harder go in NYC than he did in Boston. Much harder …
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This is the story of independence and crushed hope. Congress is finally declaring independence and it’s not a straightforward process. We’ll listen to different delegates argue passionately for and against it.
Then we follow the war to New York where we’ll meet Alexander Hamilton and get the backstory of his rough childhood in the Caribbean and how he ended up in the Big Apple. After hanging out with Alex, we’ll hook up with George Washington who’s just come to New York, too. He’s going to have a harder go in NYC than he did in Boston. Much harder …
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Released:
Dec 17, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
0: Preamble: I the Professor, in order to give you a more perfect podcast, establish my goals, insure you know who I am, provide for your common entertainment, promote a generally historical education, and do ordain and establish this little five-minute intro episode for History that Doesn't Suck. by History That Doesn't Suck