1: That One Time When George Washington Sort of Triggered an International War

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

History, Education

4.7 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

"[He] washed his hands with the brains."

This is the story of a 22-year-old George Washington as commander of a 400-man army fighting the French. We'll also hear about his childhood, the deaths, backcountry experience, and finagling, that bring George--who's untrained, inexperienced, too young, and completely Outgunned--to this moment. He fails. Miserably. But not without triggering a war between France and Britain that will change the American colonies' relationship to the British Crown forever.

This Second Edition episode is a rewritten, rerecorded, and remastered version of the original episode that aired on September 27, 2017. Head to HTDSpodcast.com to find out how to listen to the original.

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0:00.0	Nippin' out to get bin bugs!
0:01.2	We've got some!
0:02.8	Well, I better take the dog out.
0:04.3	We don't have a dog.
0:05.4	Okay, okay.
0:06.4	The double big mark is Buck and McDonald's.
0:08.9	Right, get the keys.
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0:20.0	History that doesn't suck is a bi-weekly podcast, Delirianilajit,
0:23.2	seriously researched hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories.
0:27.4	This is a second edition episode with new details and an updated sound.
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0:52.8	It's July 3rd, 1754.
0:55.6	Roughly 400 British soldiers, mostly colonial from Virginia,
0:59.3	are pinned down by an army of 600 or more French and their 100 or so Native American allies.
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