270. The Day The Brits Burned The White House (Ep 4)

Empire

Jack Davenport

History

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Why did Washington invade Quebec? How did the US fail to take the Canadian territories during the Revolutionary Wars? And why did the British burn the White House? Anita and William are once again joined by Maya Jasanoff to discuss how the American Revolution birthed Canada. ----------------- Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com. ----------------- Email: [email protected] Instagram: @empirepoduk Blue Sky: @empirepoduk X: @empirepoduk Assistant Producer: Becki Hills Producer: Anouska Lewis Senior Producer: Callum Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:33.6	Hello and welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnhem.
1:35.3	And me, William Durimple.
1:41.0	Now, in the last episode, we were looking at how the seven-year war ended both New France and pretty much any hope that the French Empire in the Americas would ever become
1:46.2	a reality. But it did also bring its own problems and that is the American Revolution. And
1:51.9	we are once again delighted to be joined by Maya Jasanoff, author of Liberty's Exile, The
1:57.9	Loss of America and the Remaking of the British Empire, which is partly about this
2:02.0	transformation. So, I mean, let's first of all look at this aftermath of the seven-year war.
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