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American Revolution Podcast

Episode 085 Dorchester Heights

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Continental Army occupies Dorchester Heights overnight, surprising the British and forcing them to evacuate Boston. Visit https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this week's episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today episode 85 Dorchester Heights.

1:03.6

When we last left the Siege of Boston at Cambridge at the end of January 1776, Colonel

1:09.9

Henry Knox had successfully returned with cannon from Fort Ticonderoga, but Washington

1:16.3

and his generals still did not have a clear plan in place for how to use them.

1:22.1

For many months General Washington had been arguing for a direct

1:25.6

assault on Boston. The plan he proposed several times was to have the Army row

1:31.6

across Boston Harbor in small boats, conduct a water landing in the face of enemy

1:36.9

fire, and then assault the town. His generals convinced him that this would be suicide.

1:43.6

Even if the soldiers did not break and run in the face of deadly artillery

1:47.9

from the British Army and Navy, they would be cut to pieces before they could reach shore.

1:53.6

Even if they somehow reach the shore and surprise the enemy,

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