American Political History
FaktaHistorieWith American Political History I'm committed to bringing you bite-sized, digestible episodes that make history approachable for everyone, not just the history buffs. My goal is to engage you, to make you feel connected with the past, and to understand how it shapes our present and future.So, sit back, or better yet, take a walk or a drive, and let's journey through history together, one bite, at a time."
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- Revolutionary War - Peace (00:20:09)
On September 3rd, 1783, the definitive peace treaty was signed, by the end of 1783 all English forces had withdrawn from Colonial America.
- Revolutionary War - The End of the War (00:09:40)
Political support for the war will breakdown in Parliament, although the peace will take years to negotiate, Yorktown and its fallout marked the end of armed conflict in colonial America.
- Revolutionary War - Yorktown (00:11:30)
General Washington will lead his army to siege General Cornwallis at Yorktown, provoking another English's army to surrender just a day before Genral Clinton can arrive with reinforcements
- Revolutionary War - Defense in Depth (00:12:47)
At the battle of Hana's cow pens, the whole revolution will change when General Morgan devises and implements a militia strategy that defeats an English army on the battlefield. The system of defense in depth will lead General Morgan and Greene to repeated victories against the English.
- Revolutionary War - The Southern Solution (00:14:31)
Whitehall will turn its attention to finding victory in the south. Sending General Clinton to attack Charleston
- Revolutionary War - The Hornets Nest (00:11:36)
General Cornwallis will comment, it seems the war between the English and the continentals is but a side show to the partisan war raging within the southern colonies
- Revolutionary War - "Friends" (00:15:31)
General Washington would face the truth of his friendship with General Charles Lee. Americas new French friends would struggle to work with the rabble of America officers.
- Revolutionary War - The Court of the Sun King (00:10:49)
We turn to the politics in Europe. Whitehall changes leadership while the French court negotiates a treaty of economic friendship with the colonies
- Revolutionary War - Valley Forge (00:10:53)
The Continental army goes to its winter quarters in Valley forge on the brink of disillusion.
- Revolutionary War - The Battle of Saratoga (00:14:55)
We discuss the continuing breakdown between the triad of generals, which leads to a disaster at Satatoga
- Revolutionary War - Philidelphia (00:10:46)
General Howe makes his move, defeats General Washington and captures Philidelphia
- Revolutionary War - Hope (00:09:29)
The battle of Trenton, militarily unimportant but spiritually vital
- Revolutionary War - American Crisis (00:07:16)
The cause is in crisis, once again Thomas Paine to revitalize the American spirit
- Revolutionary War - Attrition (00:09:42)
The America cause delays an invasion from Canada, but the army is crumbling and might not even need to be defeated on the battlefield.
- Revolutionary War -From Providence to Defeat (00:13:53)
The continental Army escapes destruction at New York through providence, but the English army's strategy seems to be on the precipice of complete victory
- Revolutionary War - The Battle for Brooklyn Heights (00:12:55)
We return to the battlefield as England returns with four times the troops, this time coming for New York.
- Revolutionary War -The Declaration of independence (00:10:19)
The full text of the Declaration of Independence
- Revolutionary War -The Foundation to Declaration (00:10:52)
We discuss the philosophical foundation of the declaration of independence.
- Revolutionary War -Three Quarters War (00:13:20)
Congress debates if reconciliation or revolution is the path forward culminating in the Declaration of independence
- Revolutionary War - Common Sense (00:13:29)
We discussed Henry Knox and his retravel of the artillery from fort Ticonderoga. The buildup of troops around Boston. And the release of the writings of Thomas Paine in "Common Sense" which galvanized Americans towards revolution
- Revolutionary War - The Invasion of Canada (00:14:32)
We discuss the American Invasion of Canada in 1776, and the battle for Quebec on the Plains of Abraham
- Revolutionary War -Washington Takes Command (00:16:42)
The continental army is authorized, and the Continental Congress appoints Geroge Washington and his command staff.
- Revolutionary War - A Triad of Generals (00:09:40)
We discuss the triad of English generals, typical European armies, their tactics and then go into the first major battle of the revolutionary war, Bunker Hill
- The Intolerable Acts - Lexington & Concord (00:10:20)
Genera Gage makes a move to seize the armory at Concord. At Lexington, "the shot heard around the world" marks the first blood drawn in the American Revolution.
- The Intolerable Acts - Civil War (00:10:48)
As sentiments harden, King Geroge makes his opinion known and the path to civil war opens.