The Struggle for American Independence: The Siege of Boston
In this episode, I cover two major military events in 1775 and 1776 that altered the course of the conflict. First, I cover the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by a joint force of Vermont militia, known as the Green Mountain Boys, and a Massachusetts militia force...
The Struggle for American Independence: Common Sense
Before covering the subject of independence, I would be remiss not to include information on America’s most famous pro-independence pamphleteer, Thomas Paine. This lesson tackles some of Paine’s background, his ideas, and the chief arguments in his famous tract Common...
The Struggle for American Independence: The Second Continental Congress
In this episode, I cover the developments of the British government at the beginning of 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the formation of the Second Continual Congress. Far from adopting the Tory perspective in London, Edmund Burke proposed a series of provisions...