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Episode Twelve: Revolution and Independence
Episode Twelve: Revolution and Independence
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43 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2021
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Podcast episode
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In episode twelve we will discuss the end of the so called "quiet period" with the passage of the Tea Act in 1773. The Boston Tea Party and Parliamentary reaction; the First and Second Continental Congress and efforts at reconciliation. We will examine the impact to Tom Paine's earth-shaking pamphlet Common Sense. The drafting, editing, and political theory underpinning the Declaration of Independence and finally the Revolutionary War and the strategies that led to America's improbable victory.
Released:
Mar 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (26)
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