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American Revolution Podcast

Episode 015: Cherokee Uprising, Fighting in West Indies & Spain joins the War.

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The Cherokee go to war against the settlers in the Carolinas who are encroaching on their land. Britain captures French colonies in the West Indies (what we today call the Caribbean). Newcastle and Pitt leave the government as the Earl of Bute takes charge. Spain finally joins France in the war against Britain, only to lose some of its own colonies.   For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today episode 15, the Cherokee uprising, War in the West Indies, and Spain joins the war.

0:56.6

The war with the French and North America had pretty much ended with the fall of Montreal

1:00.9

in 1760. War continued to rage in Europe, Asia, and Africa, though.

1:07.0

Having secured North America, and with the British Navy dominating the Atlantic,

1:12.0

William Pitt decided to hit the French even harder in the West Indies.

1:16.0

But before he could do that, the British discovered that even a French-free North America

1:22.0

still required some military attention.

1:25.4

The Cherokee were a fairly large tribe in the South.

1:28.6

Generally, they had friendly relations with South Carolina as they sat on the Western frontier of the colony.

1:35.5

Problems began to grow after a large number of Cherokee traveled up to Pennsylvania in 1758

1:41.8

to help General Forbes capture Fort Duquesne.

1:45.0

Back in episode 12 I mentioned that Forbes had treated the Cherokee poorly.

1:49.3

They ended up ditching him and heading home with the arms and ammunition that he had provided to them.

1:54.7

On the way back home, settlers in Western Virginia accused the Cherokee of raiding their

1:59.6

farms and taking property.

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