FIW 4: Victory and Defeat: Louisbourg (again) and Fort Carillon

Key Battles of American History

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Beginning in 1758, the British war effort would be run by the brilliant and aggressive Member of Parliament William Pitt. Pitt opened up the government’s purse to properly fund the war effort and sent a cadre of new, younger, and more aggressive...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.4	Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome back to Key Battles of the French and Indian War, our survey of the
0:47.2	conflict that shaped the fate of two great empires and laid the groundwork for the American
0:51.2	Revolution.
0:52.4	I'm your host, James Early, as always.
0:55.3	And once again, I am joined by my co-host, Jacob Her.
0:59.3	All right.
1:00.2	So, listener, you probably remember last time we discussed our, one of our favorite movies,
1:06.3	Last of the Mohicans.
1:08.1	Jacob, we really geeked out on that one, didn't we?
1:11.0	Yes, probably more than we probably should have.
1:14.7	Maybe so.
1:15.6	I don't know.
1:16.2	We have our listeners fall into two camps.
1:18.9	We have some that love the movie reviews, and we have others that can't stand them and just skip them.
1:23.7	So y'all got a week off for the people that don't like them.
1:26.7	But we are going to get
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