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American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

I discuss the events leading up to independence, how the colonies made that dangerous leap to fight for independence. I also speak with Jason Mandresh of "Founder of the Day" founderoftheday.com or https://www.youtube.com/founderoftheday and Lee Wright from History Camp historycamp.org or thehistorylist.com. Also mentioned, interesting Revolutionary War-themed tours Culper Tri-Spy Tours http://www.culper.com Kyle Jenks - Join Kyle and Dana as James and Dolley Madison for this leisurely stroll around their Society Hill neighborhood. The couple will share their experiences during the 1790’s when the country was still finding its footing while simultaneously expressing a lively social scene. The tour will pass by homes of prominent Philadelphians who were known to the Madisons as well as their own Spruce Street home. (Not open to the public.) Tour length: Approximately 120 minutes. We will gather at City Tavern at the corner of 2nd and Walnut Street, stroll the neighborhood and circle back to end at City Tavern. For pricing, scheduling and other questions e-mail: Kyle Jenks at Jaktar773@aol.com Fort Stanwix https://www.nps.gov/fost/index.htm Fort Plain Conference American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference Aug. 6-8, 2021 https://fortplainmuseum.org/conference Boston 1775 blog with J.L. Bell http://boston1775.blogspot.com Patriot Tours NYC History Camp America on July 10, including . . . Tour of Fort Ticonderoga—video preview Tour of Buckman Tavern and Lexington Green—video preview The History and Architecture of Marblehead, Massachusetts—video preview Washington in Cambridge and the Siege of Boston, with J.L. Bell—video preview Full schedule Note: Registration closes at midnight (Eastern) July 8 History Camp weekly discussions with noted history authors, every Thursday night at 8 pm (Eastern). Includes archive of 50+ discussions The Pursuit of History, the non-profit organization that puts on History Camp Fort Ticonderoga limited edition print, signed and numbered — Only 200 printed. Proceeds support the mission of The Pursuit of History The History List Store 57 notable people from the Revolution, as nominated via social media, each with a bio from John Bell, to be in our next group of five “Revolutionary Superheroes" Historic prints, including the Binns engraving of the Declaration and the Boston broadside printed by hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	podcast app. That's the Explorers Podcast. Hello and welcome to this live edition of the American Revolution
0:49.9	podcast. I'm coming to you today on July 4th, 2021, the 245th anniversary of Independence Day.
1:00.0	I wanted to talk today a little bit about how we got to independence that moved from the
1:07.2	colonies to becoming an independent nation was not a guarantee, nothing was was inevitable and in fact up until a few months before we actually declared independence
1:18.0	the majority of the country did not seem terribly excited about the idea so I wanted to take a look at how we got from there to here.
1:26.2	Of course this is a live episode. I'm more than happy to take your questions about anything at any time.
1:32.4	It doesn't have to be about the specific thing I'm talking about.
1:35.4	Doesn't even necessarily have to be about the American Revolution. This is really an Ask Me Anything episode. So feel free to chime in.
1:44.4	If you're listening on the link, unfortunately, there is only the ability to listen.
1:50.4	You don't have the ability to speak back to me for that you need to be on the
1:54.3	podbean app which you can download for free on any apple or Android device if you don't
2:00.6	have access to either of those things or are like me and just hate downloading new apps onto your device,
2:06.4	you're also welcome to tweet me at Am Rev Podcast.
2:10.5	I will be paying attention to my tweets during the course of this live episode.
2:15.0	So feel free to reach out to me via Twitter at Amrav Podcast.
2:20.0	So as I said we're going to talk about how we got from a bunch of
2:25.8	colonies that were not particularly interested in independence, but were upset
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