American Political History

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. 

As sentiments harden, King Geroge makes his opinion known and the path to civil war opens. 

Colonial America reacts to the intolerable acts by forming the first congenital congress. The congress agrees to an economic pact call "the association" and send their grievances to King Geroge III   

The Boston Tea party is responded to with a set of acts of parliament designed to bring Massachusetts to its knees, known in Colonial America as the Intolerable Acts.  

Parliament, dealing with the failing East India Company. Lower the duty on Tea into England and shipped the warehoused tea to the colonies. Unaware of the brewing storm around the last remaining Townshend Act tax.

English troops fire into a crowd of Bostonians killing five colonial Americans. This moment creates reflection and hopes to avert more violence.  

"I lament the want for wisdom" We explore the English from the Stamp act, right into the Townshend Act which though a slower reaction, created a much deeper crisis in colonial America then the Stamp Act Crisis.  

In Committe Parliament would grill the colonial agent Benjiman Franklin about the stamp act and repeal considerations.   

Parliament takes of the debate over the stamp act, decided if America is in rebellion or defending their property 

As the Stamp act passes, colonial American is engulfed in political violence by the Sons of Liberty who bad the start of 1766 had forced out every stamp collector in colonial America.  

As England exits the Seven Year War, it as a mounting debt and looks to alleviate their debt issues from Colonial America. issuing the Sugar Act and then the Stamp Act over the growing protest in Colonial America    

In preparation for discussing the stamp act, we will review the competing political views/reactions to the passage of the stamp act  

Whitehall will turn its attention to finding victory in the south. Sending General Clinton to attack Charleston  

We set the stage of the area of discontent in the colonies. With a new King, came a new colonial policy but no one could see the course that was being set. Even Benjimin Franklin thought it an Impossibility that the colonies could unite against the mother country. 

Welcome to this season of American Political History, The Intolerable Acts. This season will cover the events/decade that leads up to the American Revolution.

We will detail the general uprising of Ohio Valley native nations before we end this season. 

We will detail the Cherokee war and its outcome. 

We will detail final battles defending Quebec from French Canada's last-ditch offensive and the surrender at Montréal.   

We detail the events of the campaign of 1759 and the conquest of Quebec on the plains of Abraham.  

We detail the battles of each of the English expeditions in North America 

A major inflection point of the contest in north America would happen after the French took Fort William Henry in northern New York. 

A shuffling of the Privy council changes leadership in colonial America. The earl of Loudon comes to New York with most expansive political and military powers any official will have in North America.  

White hall responds to the French incursion into the Ohio Valley with an Army. which is promptly defeated by self-inflected wounds.   

We continue the events in the Ohio Valley,  covering the defeat of Lt colonel Washington at Fort Necessity  

After the end of the King Geoge's War, Canda, Virginia and Pennsylvania begin the contest to control the Ohio Valley 

We work the the events of King Goerges war, including the many broken promises of this war.  

As King Geroge's war opens, New England attacks Fort Louisburg 

We discuss how James Oglethorpe bluffed the survival of the colony of Georgia and a single well timed lie.   

We open season 10 by comparing the growth between the European colonies. We also discuss the creating of Geogia. 

We conclude the end of the Yamasee War and this season of American Political History.

South Carolia would conduct peace talks with the Creek and lobby Whitehall for the crown's "protection" 

We continue the Yamasee war, with Gen. Moore's intervention into Creek and Cherokee negotiations, resulting with Cherokee alignment with South Carolina in the war.  

We will cover the events of the first year of the Yamasee war. 

The Good Friday Massacre was the coordinated killing of almost all Carolina merchants, after Governor Craven learns this, the colony pivots to defend itself from the impending onslaught. 

We will discuss the grievances that lead to the sudden shift of the relationship between the Yamasee and South Carolina into war.

We will cover the events of the Tuscarora war. 

We take a break from wars, and cover information from the 1708 South Carolina census. 

We continue the events of Queen Anne's war, this time covering the events in North America.

The Metropoles begin another war, this time over the succession of the Spanish crown. 

We will review the development of Louisiana in the south and Iberville's attempts to develop a web of alliances with natives.   

We will review the players and development of the colonial "South"

We conclude King William's War and the narrow escape of Boston, New York and Philadelphia from French destruction because of the ego of two French officials.  

We will continue the details of King William's War, and the ignominious end to "Governor" Lester of New York 

We will look at French Canada and the growing rivals in north America. then we will detail the first 2 years of the King William's War

Hodenosaunee or people of the longhouse. Known today as the Iroquois. We will begin this season with a deep dive into one of the power players of colonial history.  

Season nine is in the works, here are some details of what we will be covering when it arrives.

We will explore the religious and scientific zealousness of colonial Americans. 

We will explore the social doctrines that set the foundation in colonial America. 

We will review the life of farmers, large and small in colonial America. 

This episode we will look at the growth of the colonial slave system from peripheral to a centralized system and those ramifications of those outcome on who would become the paradigm slave. 

This season will be a boarder look at colonial American cultural development. Beginning with who was immigrating to America in the 18th century and where did they come from.