American Revolution Podcast
American Revolution Podcast explores the events of the American Revolution, from beginning to end. It publishes weekly. Be sure to check out the related blog for access to pictures, maps, and links to more useful information on each week's episode. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 442
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Episode 042: The Coercive Acts
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament gets tough by passing several acts designed to punish Massachusetts. The Boston Port Act closes Boston Harbor until the city compensates everyone for d…
00:21:20 |
Sun 29 Apr 2018
Episode 041: Tea Party Aftermath
Despite the open destruction of private property, the colonies generally seem to approve of Boston's reaction to the tea ships. When another tea ship arrives a few months later, locals dump its chest…
00:21:07 |
Sun 22 Apr 2018
Episode 040: The Boston Tea Party
Parliament tries to win the fight over tariffs by greatly reducing the cost of tea, and maintaining only a nominal three pence per pound tax on tea. Officials hope the lower prices will end the tea …
00:20:55 |
Sun 15 Apr 2018
Episode 039: The Politics of Tea
After several years of calm in the colonies, Parliament changes the way tea is distributed and taxed throughout the Empire. Mostly, this is an attempt to bail out the East India Company which had too…
00:21:16 |
Sun 08 Apr 2018
Episode 038: The Green Mountain Boys
After New Hampshire issues thousands of land grants in a disputed region, New York gets the King to declare the land part of the New York colony. New York then declares all the property owners living…
00:20:45 |
Sun 01 Apr 2018
Episode 037: Committees of Correspondence and the Colony of Vandalia
As events quiet down after 1770, London tries to make many minor behind the scenes changes to the colonial power structure, making it harder for the colonies to resist the next confrontation. Samuel …
00:21:39 |
Sun 25 Mar 2018
Episode 036: Sinking the HMS Gaspee
Rhode Island colonists, like just about all other colonists, greatly resented the new tough enforcement of trade laws by British officials. It made profitable trade virtually impossible. The HMS Gasp…
00:21:22 |
Sun 18 Mar 2018
Episode 035: Carolina Regulators and the Battle of Alamance
In both North and South Carolina, colonists on the western frontier run into conflicts with the east coast dominated government. Westerners in each state form Regulator movements to enforce the law l…
00:21:41 |
Sun 11 Mar 2018
Episode 034: Massacre Fallout and Townshend Acts Repealed
After British Regulars kill five colonists and injure others at what becomes known as the Boston Massacre, local radicals force the government to relocate the soldiers to Castle Island, out in Boston…
00:22:04 |
Sun 04 Mar 2018
Episode 033: The Boston Massacre
Over the winter of 1769-70, locals in Boston make life as uncomfortable as possible for the British Regulars occupying the city. Fights break out regularly. The local courts would not punish locals a…
00:21:17 |
Sun 25 Feb 2018
Episode 032: The Battle of Golden Hill
During the winter of 1769-70, New Yorkers fight with British Regulars. When New York failed to come up with sufficient money to quarter the soldiers, British Regulars destroy the Liberty Pole. Isaac …
00:21:28 |
Sun 18 Feb 2018
Episode 031: Wilkes and Liberty & Tar and Feathers
Radical John Wilkes returns from France in 1768 to face the charges for seditious libel. He would spend the next two years in prison, during which time he would be elected to Parliament, which refuse…
00:21:34 |
Sun 11 Feb 2018
Episode 030: The Occupation of Boston
With officials in Boston unable to control the people and enforce the law, Secretary of State Hillsborough decides enough is enough and orders four regiments of British regulars to occupy the town. R…
00:20:45 |
Sun 04 Feb 2018
Episode 029: The Liberty Riot
The American Board of Customs arrives in Boston in 1767 ready to enforce the new Townshend duties. With the backing of the British Navy, the Board tries to show who is boss by seizing a ship belongin…
00:20:39 |
Sun 28 Jan 2018
Episode 028: Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
Following passage of the Towshend Acts in 1767, the colonists are unsure how to respond. These are import tariffs, not taxes, which was the line they drew over the earlier Stamp Act. They don't want …
00:21:10 |
Sun 21 Jan 2018
Episode 027: Prime Minister Pitt Falls from Power
Prime Minister William Pitt's illness prevents him from running his administration. The Duke of Grafton becomes acting Prime Minister for over a year and eventually take the office officially when Pi…
00:21:03 |
Sun 14 Jan 2018
Episode 026: The Townshend Acts
William Pitt, champion of colonial rights, finally becomes Prime Minister in 1766. Illness however, keeps him from active participation in the government. His Lord of the Exchequer Charles Townsend t…
00:20:50 |
Sun 07 Jan 2018
Episode 025: Tensions Simmer
Following the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766, colonial protests stopped and trade resumed. Parliament is not happy about the pushback and seems determined to find a way to put the colonies in their …
00:21:54 |
Sun 31 Dec 2017
Episode 024: Stamp Act Repeal and Declaratory Act
The Stamp Act took effect on November 1, 1765. But colonial opposition prevented the use of any stamps. Protesters forced newspapers, courts, and ports to operate without stamped paper. Creditors cou…
00:20:45 |
Sun 24 Dec 2017
Episode 023: The Stamp Act Congress
Colonists at all levels of society protested the Stamp Act of 1765. Newspapers railed against it. Mobs marched in the streets, and destroyed the homes of tax agents and other supporters. Colonial pol…
00:21:45 |
Sun 17 Dec 2017
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