Episode 101 The British Land at Staten Island

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The British get off to a late start, not assembling their massive invasion force at New York until August 1776. When they disembark on Staten Island, the Continentals see the largest overseas military force Britain had ever assembled. The British fleet sails past ineffective Continental defenses. Admiral Howe attempts to begin peace talks without any luck. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Under the Guns New York 1775-1776, by Bruce Bliven Online Recommendation of the Week: revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.0	Today episode 101, the British land at Staten Island.
0:55.8	The Americans were feeling pretty good about themselves in the spring and summer of 1776.
1:01.4	They had chased the British Army out of Boston in March, then declared independence in July.
1:07.5	For the Patriots, there was no more bickering over taxing authority in London.
1:12.3	The United States were now separate from the British Empire.
1:16.9	Britain though had no intention of letting this relationship go that easily.
1:26.5	After all, you don't build a world empire by giving away an entire continent just because some rebels kill a few hundred of your soldiers. King George and Lord North had spent the winter assembling the largest
1:36.4	military force the empire had ever sent overseas. You would think that they would be
1:42.4	ready to kick off their military
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