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Rev250-003 Boston Massacre Oration of 1775 Mar 06, 2025

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On the 5th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Joseph Warren delivers the oration remembering the massacre of March 5, 1770. The presence of British officers in the audience, combined with the tension of the time nearly sets off a riot.

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ARP344 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Mar 02, 2025

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Congress struggles to find a way to survey and populate its western territories. A group of former officers form the Ohio Company and lobby for an insider deal that will sell some of the prime land at a bargain price. Congress agrees and begins settlement in what will become the state of Ohio.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Northwest Ordinance, 1787: A Bicentennial Handbook, by Robert Taylor (borrow on archive.org)

Online Recommendation of the Week: Life, Journals and Correspondence of Rev. Manasseh Cutler, LL. D, Vol. 1: https://archive.org/details/lifejournalscorr01cutl

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Rev250-002 Conciliatory Resolution Feb 27, 2025

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In late February, 1775, Prime Minister, Lord North gets Parliament to support a supposed compromise bill that is actually designed to shore up support in Parliament for the coming war in America.

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AR-SP30 Defending Fort Stanwix, with Larry Kidder Feb 23, 2025

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Author Larry Kidder joins us to discuss his latest book Defending Fort Stanwix, a fort on the western frontier of New York that contributed to the ultimate surrender of the British Army at Saratoga in 1777. Kidder discusses the siege, the related battle of Oriskany and why these events were so consequential to the war.

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Book: Defending Fort Stanwix, by William "Larry" Kidder.

Other books by Kidder:

The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man: Jacob Francis: 1754-1836, 2021

Ten Crucial Days: Washington's Vision for Victory Unfolds, 2019.

Crossroads of the Revolution: Trenton 1774-1783, 2017.

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Rev250-001 Leslie's Retreat Feb 20, 2025

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I'm trying something new this week.

This is a special supplemental episode that takes a look at events that happened 250 year ago this week. In this episode, we discuss the Salem Raid, also called Leslie's Retreat, which took place on February 26, 1775.

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For more on this topic, check out Episode 052.

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ARP343 Shays' Rebellion Feb 16, 2025

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Massachusetts farmers feel the squeeze caused by excessive taxes to pay down war debt and a shortage of money in circulation. With the laws set up to benefit wealthy eastern merchants, to the detriment of the farmers, the farmers shut down the state government in protest.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story, by Daniel Bullen

Online Recommendation of the Week: Daniel Bullen: Shay's Honorable Rebellion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIcyDT1aqik

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ARP342 Paper Money Riot Feb 09, 2025

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Years of issuing paper money to finance the Revolutionary War continued in the post war era. By 1786, farmers in debt wanted to continue paper money policies that would make it easier to pay their debts. Merchant creditors opposed these policies. States that failed to address these demands often found themselves facing rioters who wanted to shut down the government.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution, by Woody Holton.

Online Recommendation of the Week: The Paper Money Craze of 1786: https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/archives/1886/09/58-347/131865758.pdf

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ARP341 Annapolis Convention Feb 02, 2025

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The end of the war brought its own difficulties. The states no longer felt a strong need to remain united, and no one wanted to repay their war debts. In September, 1786, a group of nationalists met quietly at Annapolis, supposedly to discuss trade and commerce issues. They ended up proposing holding another Convention in Philadelphia to discuss a broader range of problems with the Articles of Confederation.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: (off topic) Defending Fort Stanwix, by William L. Kidder.

Online Recommendation of the Week: Address of the Annapolis Convention: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-03-02-0556

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AR-SP29 Round Table, Gone for a Soldier Jan 26, 2025

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ARP340 The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom Jan 19, 2025

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Thomas Jefferson drafts a bill to prevent Virginia Tax dollars from being used to support the state church, Anglicanism in the colonial era. The church itself rebrands itself as the Episcopal Church, but still hopes for state support. For years, the debate rages. After Jefferson leaves for France, James Madison takes up leadership on the fight, getting the Assembly to pass the bill in 1786.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Statute in Virginia, by Thomas Buckley (borrow on archive.org).

Online Recommendation of the Week: Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785, by James Madison: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163

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