ARP169 Articles of Confederation

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

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🗓️ 4 October 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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With the British Army in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress moves to Lancaster, Pa, and then to York. There, they have to fight off defeatism while many delegates, including President John Hancock, return home. The Congress does finally finish its proposed Articles of Confederation, which it sends to the state for ratification. News of the victory at Saratoga help raise everyone's spirits. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Continental Congress, by Edmund Cody Burnette. Online Recommendation of the Week: Articles of Confederation, as adopted Nov. 15, 1777, transcript: https://www.ourdocuments.gov/print_friendly.php?flash=false&page=transcript&doc=3&title=Transcript+of+Articles+of+Confederation Contact me via email at mtroy.history@gmail.com Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:05.0	Hello! Hello and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:18.0	Today episode 169 articles of Confederation. We last checked in with the Continental Congress in episode 141 as the delegates held a session in Philadelphia.
0:31.0	They had just returned to Philadelphia from Baltimore in March 1777,
0:37.1	having fled the prior December when they feared the British might invade Philadelphia from New Jersey.
0:44.0	When that fear passed, they returned to Philadelphia.
0:48.1	Then in September of 1777, the British Army once again threatened Philadelphia, this time marching up from Maryland.
0:57.4	The delegates fled the city as the Continental Army under George Washington attempted in vain to halt the British agenda. the with plans to meet in Lancaster. They could not simply move straight from
1:15.4	Philadelphia to Lancaster as they would be passing over the same ground
1:20.0	where the two armies under Washington and Howe were doing battle.
1:24.8	Instead, the members took a circuitous route, first traveling up to Trenton, New Jersey,
1:30.6	then over to Easton, Pennsylvania. From there they moved west to Bethlehem and they
1:36.7	remained in Bethlehem for a few days where many soldiers from the Battle of Brandywine
1:41.2	and other area battles were still recovering.
1:44.7	There were also Hessian prisoners of war there who needed to be moved south to prevent the
1:49.7	enemy from liberating them.
1:52.3	After a few days, the delegates made their way west to Lancaster.
1:57.0	On September 27th, the day after the British Army marched into Philadelphia, the delegates met at the Lancaster. the generals, including one from the 15th from General Horatio Gates at Beymis Heights, getting
2:16.5	ready for the big showdown with Burgoyne's army.
2:20.4	When he wrote the letter, Gates had not yet fought the Battle of Freeman's Farm, but was optimistic about the Army's chances of victory.
2:28.0	Congress read another letter from General Washington from the 23rd. At the time he wrote it, General Washington still hoped to
2:37.0	prevent the British Army from entering Philadelphia and was begging for more
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