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
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Rev250-111 Evacuation of Brooklyn
Over the night of August 29-30. The Continental Army pulls off a miraculous retreat from Brooklyn into Manhattan, across the East River, while the British are poised to destroy them.
For more context, check out Episode 103 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-103-battle-of-brooklyn.html
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Rev230-110 Battle of Brooklyn
During the last week of August, 1776, the British capture Long Island, handing a devastating blow to the Americans.
For more context, check out Episode 103 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-103-battle-of-brooklyn.html
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John Adams Inauguration
March 4, 1797: John Adams takes the oath of office, replacing George Washington as President. Almost immediately, he feels alone and without political allies.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: John Adams, by David McCullough.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Inaugural Address of John Adams https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/adams.asp
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Rev250-109 British land on Long Island
On August 22, 1776 the British began landing on Long Island in preparation for attacking the Continental Army.
For more context, check out Episode 103 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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The End of Washington's Presidency
George Washington gives his last State of the Union address, then completes his final months in office frustrated with an increasingly divided Congress and nation.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Benjamin Franklin Bache and the Philadelphia Aurora, by James Tagg.
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Rev250-108 Peace Discussions
As the British Army and Navy assembled in New York Harbor over July and August, 1776, Admiral Richard Howe reached out to his friend Benjamin Franklin to see if they could put an end to this conflict without further violence. Franklin made clear in his response that the US was independent of Britain, and that unless Britain accepted that fact, there would be war.
For more context, check out Episode 101 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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Election of 1796
In 1796, Adams beats Jefferson in the presidential race, but shenanigans among the electors prevents Adams' running mate, Thomas Pinckney from beating Jefferson, meaning that Jefferson becomes Adams' Vice President.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The First Presidential Contest: 1796 and the Founding of American Democracy, by Jeffrey L. Pasley
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395b Washington's Farewell Address (full text)
On December 19, 1796 President Washington released his farewell address. This is a recording of the full text of Washington's address.
For more context, listen to Episode 395 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2026/08/arp395-washingtons-farewell-address.html
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Rev250-107 Debating Escape from New York
By the beginning of August, 1776, most of the British fleet was in New York Harbor. The British Army was sitting on Statin Island, awaiting an attack. The Continental Army debated burning New York city and withdrawing without a fight.
For more context, check out Episode 101 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-101-british-land-at-staten.html
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Washington's Farewell Address
Washington waits until just before the 1796 presidential elections to announce that he will not run for a third term. His address received mixed reviews but has been remembered by history.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington's Farewell, by John Avlon.
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Rev250-106 Signing the Declaration
On August 2, 1776, nearly a month after approving it, and after thousands of other copies were distributed around the country, delegates to the Continental Congress signed what we consider today to be the "original" Declaration of Independence.
For more context, check out Episode 99 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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Rev250-105 War with the Cherokee
On July 29, South Carolina militia launched an army to put an end to the attacks on their frontier.
For more context, check out Episode 102 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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AR-SP52 Button Gwinnett with Mark Di Vincenzo
Our July 2026 Round Table welcomed Mark Di Vincenzo, author of Button Gwinnett: America's Accidental Founding Father.
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Rev250-104 British Potomac Raids of July 1776
After being forced into the waters off Virginia, Royal Governor Dunmore orders one final raid up the Potomac River which fights a skirmish on July 23, 1776. By some accounts, the raid was intended to reach Mount Vernon and possibly kidnap Martha Washington. It never got that close, but it did manage to pick up Harry Washington, an escaped slave from Mount Vernon who was ready to join the loyalist cause and earn his freedom.
For more context on these events, check out Episode 69 and Episode 77 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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Tennessee Joins the Union, 1796
Tennessee's rocky road to statehood in 1796 was a difficult one, lasting over a decade. Their first governor had been a wanted fugitive just a few years earlier.
This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: Tennessee: A Short History, by Robert Corlew, et. al.
Online Recommendation of the Week: History of Tennessee: Its People and its Institutions, https://archive.org/details/historyoftenness00garr_0
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Rev250-103 New York Declares Independence
While twelve colonies declared Independence on July 2, 1776, and approved the Declaration on July 4, New York refused to give its delegates to the Continental Congress permission to vote on Independence. On July 9th, after announcements that the twelve other states had declared their independence, New York finally acted. Message reached the Continental Congress on July 15th that the vote for independence was unanimous, with support in all thirteen states.
For more context, listen to Episode 99 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-099-declaring-independence.html
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Yazoo Land Scandal
In the 1790s, land speculation was one of the main ways to build your wealth. But speculation was not for the feint of heart. Cheating, theft, influence peddling, bribery, corruption, and a host of other crimes, were sometimes necessary to obtain and retain those land claims. All of that was readily apparent when Georgia tried to sell its western lands along the Yazoo River.
This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: The Great Yazoo Lands Sale: The Case of Fletcher v. Peck, by Charles Hobson.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Fletcher v. Peck (1810) https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/10us87
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Rev250-102 British Fleet in NY
The first of Admiral Howe's fleet from London arrives in New York Harbor on July 12, 1776.
For more, check out Episode 101 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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Rev250-101 Proclaiming Independence
On July 8, 1776, the Declaration of Independence has its first official public reading in Philadelphia, as newspapers begin to proclaim the news across the continent. To read more, go to Episode 99 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/06/episode-099-declaring-independence.html
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Treaty with Spain
On October 7, 1795, the Ambassador Thomas Pinckney agreed to the first treaty between the US and Spain. The Treaty gave the US almost everything it wanted, especially the much sought after access to the Mississippi River.
This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: Spanish New Orleans: An Imperial City on the American Periphery, 1766–1803, by John Eugene Rodriguez.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Pinckney’s Treaty: A Study of America’s Advantage from Europe’s Distress: https://archive.org/details/bwb_C0-ANN-990
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Rev250-100 The Declaration
On this 250th Anniversary of American Independence, I am re-releasing my recording of the complete declaration, with commentary.
I hope everyone has a wonderful independence day!
If anyone wants to listen again to the aftershow for this episode, go back to the original Episode 100 of the American Revolution Podcast
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Rev250-099 Declaring Independence July 4, 1776
Suprisingly little happened on July 4, 1775. The vote for independence was already complete. Congress simply approved the final wording of the Declaration and sent it to the printers.
For more on this, listen to Episode 99 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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Rev250-098 Voting for Independence July 2, 1776
On July 2, the Continental Congress voted for the resolution that the colonies should be free and independent states. Twelve of the thirteen voted in favor, with only New York abstaining.
For more on this subject, check out Episode 98 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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AR-SP51 The Banker Who Made America, with Richard Vague
Our June, 2026 Round Table hosted Richard Vague, author of The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821.
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Rev250-097 The Draft Declaration
On June 28, 1776, the Committee set up to draft a Declaration of Independence presents its draft to the Continental Congress. the Congress spends nearly a week, making changes to the document, including the removal of a paragraph condemning slavery.
For more, listen to Episode 99 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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Rev250-096 Battle of Fort Sullivan
On June 28, 1776, the British assaulted Fort Sullivan in Charleston Harbor. The fort would later be renamed Fort Moultrie in honor of the commander who defended it.
For more on these events, check out Episode 96 of the American Revolution Podcast.
https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/05/episode-096-battle-of-sullivans-island.html
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Rev250-095 Withdrawal from Canada
On June 28, 1776, the last Continental Soldiers leave Canada in the face of overwhelming British forces.
For more context, check out Episode 95 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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Rev250-094 Plot to Assassinate Washington
On June 21, 1776, a prisoner confessed to a plot to kill George Washington during the planned British invasion of New York.
For more, check out Episode 93 of the American Revolution Podcast.
https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/04/episode-093-dave-mathews-band-breaks-up.html
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AR391 Washington Admin Resignations and Scandals
During President Washington's second term, all of his cabinet members resigned. Edmund Randolph, who served as both Attorney General and Secretary of State, exits in scandal after his relationship with the French Ambassador is revealed.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Edmund Randolph, a Biography, by John Reardon
Online Recommendation of the Week: A Vindication of Edmund Randolph: https://archive.org/details/vindicationofedm01rand
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Rev250-093 Fort Washington
On June 20, 1776 Continental forces break ground on Fort Washington. The fort was part of an effort to prevent the British Navy from being able to sail up the Hudson River.
For more on the Continental defenses around New York check out Episode 89 of the American Revolution Podcast. For more about the first battle, check out Episode 101.
https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/03/episode-089-washington-moves-to-new-york.html
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ARP390 The Eleventh Amendment
In one of its first interpretations of the Constitution, the Supreme Court holds that states are subject to lawsuits in federal court. The states promptly alter that interpretation in the first Constitutional Amendment since the Bill of Rights.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Struggle of a New Nation, by Mark Dillon
Online Recommendation of the Week: Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. 419 (1793). https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/2/419
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Rev250-092 Virginia Declaration of Rights - June 12, 1776
On June 12, 1772, the Fifth Virginia Convention passes its Declaration of Rights, a forerunner of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
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Rev250-091 Committee for the Declaration of Independence
After tabling a vote on independence a few days earlier, on June 11, 1776 Congress appoints a committee to draft a declaration in the event that the vote on Independence in July is successful.
For more on this topic, check out Episode 99 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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The Battle of Fallen Timbers
After the Indians defeat two earlier armies in the Ohio territory, General "Mad Anthony" Wayne leads a third army, engaging the Indians at a place called Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794.
This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: Autumn of the Black Snake, by William Hogeland.
Online Recommendation of the Week: General Wayne’s Report to War Department about the Battle of Fallen Timbers: https://wardepartmentpapers.org/document/47769
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Rev250-090 Battle of Three Rivers
On June 8th 1776, General John Sullivan makes one final effort to take Quebec, sending his Continentals against the British at Three Rivers.
For more on this topic, check out Episode 95 of the American Revolution Podcast.
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Rev250-089 Resolution on Independence
On June 7, 1776, Virginia Delegate Richard Henry Lee introduces a resolution before the Continental Congress that the colonies should declare themselves to be free and independent states.
For more context, please listen to Episode 98 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/05/episode-098-voting-for-independence.html
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General Lee Goes the Charleston
Charles Lee, second in command of the Continental Army, brings a reinforcement army to Charleston, SC. He arrives arrives on June 4, 1776. Lee expects the arrival of a British fleet under the command of General Clinton and Cornwallis to attack the colony. The first British ships arrive days later.
For more on this, listen to Episode 96 on the American Revolution Podcast: https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/05/episode-096-battle-of-sullivans-island.html
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The Age of Reason
Paine moves to France to serve in the French Revolution. During his time there, he wrote The Age of Reason, supporting deism and attacking organized religion.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Man of Reason: The Life of Thomas Paine, by Alfred Aldridge (borrow on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Age of Reason: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.218719
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