8: From Independence to NY (meeting A. Ham, Nathan Hale & Charles Lee is a Sneaky Bastard)
History That Doesn't Suck
Prof. Greg Jackson
4.7 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2017
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
“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 straight-forward 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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| 0:22.9 | It's almost dawn, March 5th, 1776. |
| 0:32.9 | American forces are just finishing fortifications on top of Dorchester Heights on the peninsula |
| 0:38.5 | south of British occupied Boston. |
| 0:41.3 | This move is similar to their occupation of bunker and breeds hill last year, except |
| 0:45.0 | this time, Patriot forces are going further. |
| 0:48.8 | They have not won but two redouts. |
| 0:51.3 | Over 20 cannons and some 4,000 fierce soldiers ready to hold their ground. |
| 0:57.1 | They set up all of this in a single night. |
| 1:03.6 | Down in Boston, the tall, handsome mid-40s general, William Billy Howe and his men can |
| 1:09.2 | hardly believe their eyes. |
| 1:11.4 | Gazing southward across Boston's not yet filled in waters and marshes, they can clearly |
| 1:16.3 | see Dorchester Heights two miles in the distance. |
| 1:19.7 | Such strong fortifications. |
| 1:22.1 | So much artillery, so many men. |
| 1:24.9 | British commanders knew the American forces were up to something last night. |
| 1:28.7 | The news disrupted their drinking. |
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