#266 New York City during the Revolutionary War (1776-1783)

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

What was life like in New York City from the summer of 1776 to the fall of 1783 -- the years of British occupation during the Revolutionary War? New York plays a very intriguing role in the story of American independence. The city and the surrounding area were successfully taken by the British by the end of 1776 -- George Washington and the Continental Army forced to escape for the good of the cause -- and the port city became the central base for British operations during the conflict. While British officers dined and enjoy a newly revitalized theater scene, Washington's spies on the streets of New York collected valuable intelligence. As thousands of soldiers and sympathizing Loyalists arrived in the city, hunger and overcrowding put the residents of the city in peril. When the sugar houses and churches became too filled with captured rebels, the British employed prison ships along the Brooklyn waterfront to hold their enemies. This is a very, very special episode, a newly edited combination of two older shows from our back catalog. PLUS several minutes of new material, featuring stories that we overlooked the first time. boweryboyshistory.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:50.1	The Barry boys episode 266 under siege, New York City during the American Revolution.
0:57.6	Hey, it's the Barry boys.
0:59.2	Hey.
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1:13.9	Hi there, welcome to the Barry boys.
1:15.9	This is Greg Young.
1:17.4	And today, we're going to visit one of our all-time favorite subjects on this show.
1:22.0	And that is New York City during the Revolutionary War.
1:25.8	And we'll be revisiting a couple of our favorite shows from our back catalog.
1:30.6	The subject of today's show is New York City from the years 1776 to 1783.
1:38.0	During the late summer of 1776, British forces moved in on the fledgling army of George Washington,
1:44.9	attacking the army in Long Island, nearly finishing them off near the town of Brooklyn
1:50.2	and eventually running them out of the city of New York entirely.
1:54.0	So as war raged on in the colonies with the fate of American independence in the balance,
1:59.0	New York became the base of operations for the British military,
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