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This is where we remember events that took place 250 years ago this week.

It's a short bonus episode from the American Revolution podcast to remember these important

anniversaries from the Revolutionary War.

This week, we remember the Continental Congress's authorization of privateers, which took

place on March 23rd, 1776.

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A few weeks ago we discussed the launch of the Continental Navy.

The Continental Congress gave the tiny fleet instructions to go forth and pretty much wipe out

all of the British Navy. Since those orders were insane, Commander Isak Hopkins instead took

the fleet down to the Bahamas, where he raided the island

for gunpowder and other military stores.

A while the Navy was still on its mission and out at sea, Congress also debated the idea

of having the Navy attacked British merchant shipping.

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