ARP330 Evacuation of New York

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Although parties had established a preliminary peace treaty in 1782, the process of moving the British army and loyalist civilians out of New York took well over a year. General Guy Carleton remained concerned about leaving behind any loyalists who might suffer the wrath of their neighbors for loyalty to the crown. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Guy Carleton: A Biography, by Paul R. Reynolds Online Recommendation of the Week: A Tory-Eye View of the Evacuation of New York, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23174025 Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	This week episode 330, the evacuation of New York.
0:50.0	The last week we covered the signing of the peace treaty ending the war, but the British still had an army occupying New York in the fall of 1783.
0:59.0	Both sides needed to figure out how to disentangle the two armies and implement the peace treaty.
1:05.4	General Guy Carleton had become commander of North American forces in early 1782
1:11.9	after London received word of the British surrender at Yorktown and they
1:16.1	of course wanted to replace General Henry Clinton. Carleton received his
1:20.2	assignments just weeks before the fall of the North government in London, the new government
1:25.6	under Lord Shelburne took power before he left and continued to support his taking command of North America.
1:33.9	Carleton and Admiral Robert Digby
1:36.4	were named Joint Peace Commissioners.
1:39.0	Their assignment was to end the war in America,
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