Podcasts about colonial governor

In the ongoing struggle between liberty and conformity, we have seen in the past year plus the idea that some people should be forced to just shut up. look, that's been going on for a while, but not with the seeming fervor that has come into play this time around. Now, San Diego County has waded in to the debate, announcing that from henceforth, medical misinformation is a “health crises.” That is to say that somebody, in this case the CDC, has the sole authority to decide what is valid information and what is not. In 1733 a German immigrant to the American Colonies, published copies of a newspaper to express his disagreement with the official information being promulgated by the new Colonial Governor. He was charged with libel, for expressing his opinion. And he would go down in our forgotten history as a symbol of free speech and press… No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves. – John Peter Zenger, The New York Weekly Journal, 11/12/1733

Did Arthur Dobbs do enough as the Colonial Governor of North Carolina? Does Burger King need to be stopped? Would you tell your friends' parents that you don't want pancakes the morning after a sleepover? All this and more on This, This, and This!

In this episode I will tell you about former Colonial Governor of North Carolina, William Tryon. I go over his life leading up to his arrival in NC, his short stint as our Colonial Governor, and what happened after he left NC. I also cover the giant house that Tryon had built in New Bern that caused so much unrest and resulted in his quick departure. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nceverything/support

Imagine a New England without the Puritan Oligarchy... it almost happened. In our last episode, we met the young John Mason. Navy seaman, pirate, and Colonial Governor. In this episode, we'll consider his later years. The active military service, the business ventures, his various colonial endeavors. We'll meet a man whose resume stands up to any of his contemporaries. A man who represents the other side of the colonial "coin" of the Puritan movement. From Newfoundland through the southern colonies of Maine and New Hampshire John Mason seemed to be everywhere. All the while participating in monumental fashion in both the war with Spain in 1625 and then France in 1627. His patrons and contacts included some of the most powerful and influential men of his day. He served them all with distinction, while contributing to the well being of the common man as well. Listen and see if his story does not inspire you! There are few among us that could keep his pace for a short time, let alone the 25 years he did. He died, suddenly, still in the throws of an extraordinary life, fully engaged and on his way to a new adventure. An adventure that, if completed, would have changed the English colonial landscape in New England permanently. Imagine a New England without the Puritan Oligarchy... it almost happened. Audio Production by Podsworth Media.

Though it started as a convenient dumping ground for Britain’s human refuse, the colony of Australia was not destined to remain a prison forever. Despite the grandiose plans of some of its visionaries, however—like Lachlan Macquarie, Colonial Governor—it would take a great deal of labor, money and innovation if it was ever to rise above its convict roots. Macquarie began with an ambitious program of building and urban design, in the process cheating the British government and Australia’s free settlers out of the cheap labor they felt they were entitled to. Meanwhile whalers and sealers were wreaking havoc on the continent’s south coast, and settlers were pushing up against the geographic seal that walled off Sydney from the unknown interior of Australia. How did the utter mess that was Australia in the early 19th century eventually become anything like a real country, much less a cohesive society? In this, the second part of a series on the formative years of Australia, you’ll find out a lot of what you never knew about the strange land down under. Find out what finally happened to Lachlan Macquarie, how and why he made all the wrong enemies, and how he gave the continent its official name. You’ll discover why ignorance of basic geography was sometimes fatal to escaping convicts; you’ll appreciate why the seal skin industry was a particularly gross and disgusting business; and you’ll ride along with three intrepid explorers and their mysteriously anonymous hangers-on as they try to push the boundaries of the colony across the fabled Blue Mountains into the true Australian outback. Prepare for a historical walkabout as Second Decade takes you to one of the strangest places on the planet at the time. Additional materials about this episode on the website, here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monfort Browne, Lieutenant Governor of the Bahamas, was still dressed in his nightshirt when he rushed from Government House to order the alarm sound. The cannons would ring in the air, alerting the militia of the imminent attack.  The American fleet had been spotted off of the coast of Nassau and it was only a matter of time now before the raid commenced. The sound in the distance would be a disappointment to Commodore Esek Hopkins. He had ignored orders. Told by the Continental Congress to patrol the shores of Virginia, and North and South Carolina, conducting raids on British forces spotted off their coasts, he chose instead to set sail for Nassau. It was no secret that John Murray, Lord Dunmore, the Colonial Governor of Virginia, had ordered the removal of British stockpiles of weapons and gunpowder, sending them to New Providence in the Bahamas to keep these stores from being captured by Colonial Rebels. Now Dunmore was using those weapons to launch his own assaults, particularly off the coast of Virginia. Dangerously low on munitions, the Continental Congress planned a raid on Nassau but Hopkins orders, at least his known orders, didn’t include sailing further than Abaco. Now, with over 200 Continental Marines under the command of Samuel Nicholas, Captain of the Marines, his fleet anchored offshore planning their next move, knowing that it had to be a careful one. Familiar enough with the government seat, he knew that a dangerous bar lay just off from the entrance to the harbor. At the west Fort Nassau, though perpetually in disrepair, and at the east Fort Montague protected the opening. Gale force winds had already separated the Fly and the Hornet from the remainder of the fleet, sending the Hornet back to port for repairs. Though two British merchant ships would be captured on their way to Nassau and pressed into service, he still relied on the idea that this was to be a surprise attack. Those plans now had fallen to the wayside and the first attempt at an assault would be quickly aborted. Yet Hopkins would not be so easily deterred. Planning a new attack from the east he would dispatch Captain Nicholas and his Marines as the Wasp and the Providence covered their landing. At approximately 12:00pm on March 3rd, 1776 the United States Continental Marines lead by Captain Nicholas, accompanied by 50 sailors under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Weaver of the Cabot would come ashore at the east near Fort Montague. Barely four months old, it would be the first amphibious landing of the US Marine Corp. The British cannons would open fire, but it would only be a slight resistance. Even as Governor Browne arrived with an additional 80 militiamen they were severely outnumbered, perhaps more than Browne had initially imagined, because he would almost immediately order the withdrawal of troops from Montague, yielding the ground to the Marines. Resolved to the fate that he had lost the moment those troops took to the shore, the militia would return home rather than mount a resistance, and Browne himself would retire to Government House to plan his next move. Here Commodore Hopkins would make his strategic blunder. As Nicholas took the evening to chart his course for the next day, as he took the time to strategically plan his next move with his troops, Browne would order over three quarters of the gun powder, 162 of the 200 barrels stockpiled, be loaded on the Mississippi Packet and the HMS St. John and sent to St. Augustine. Anchored off Hanover Sound, Hopkins had neglected to station any ships to guard Nassau Harbor. Though the fleet might then have been safely out of range of the British guns, the majority of the gunpowder desperately needed by General George Washington made its way from their hands, slipping just out of their grasp as, without trouble or incident, those ships set sail. Regardless, the next day, as Captain Nicholas marched on Fort Nassau, he would do so without a shot fired. Having received word that, at most 200 militia, inhabitants of the town, constituted the only defense Hopkins penned an open letter declaring “The reasons of my landing an armed force on the island is in order to take possession of the powder and warlike stores belonging to the Crown and if I am not opposed in putting my design in execution the persons and property of the inhabitants shall be safe. Neither shall they be suffered to be hurt in case they make no resistance.” Taken at his word, the response was telling. As Nicholas approached the town he was met by resident. They were ready to surrender, abandoning the Nassau and the Governor to the Americans. Once it had been discovered that Browne had successfully denied the American’s those desperately needed barrels of gunpowder, he would put in irons. Arrested, he was confined to the brig of Hopkins flagship the Alfred. Yet when the Commodore would return to America with the 30 plus barrels he could take hold off, as well as the 103 cannons and other munitions, it would not be Browne who would take the brunt of the blame, but the American commander himself. Though initially praised for the attack he would eventually be court martialed. It would be the first disgrace in a downward spiral that would see to it that he was eventually forced from the Navy two years later. Browne would be, likewise, treated with scorn once he was traded back to the British for General William Alexander, captured during the Battle of Long Island. His actions and motives for those actions would be perpetually questioned by British Circles and in British Court. Captain Nicholas, commended for his actions, would be promoted to Major. Eventually he would be placed in a role similar to that of later Commandant of the Marines, his heart would be elsewhere. Seeking once more to be put back in the field he would be frustrated, finding that the Continental Congress had other designs for him. He would serve until the Continental Marines were disbanded at the end of the Revolution.

As our state’s first seat of government, William Tryon, North Carolina’s first Colonial Governor and architect John Hawks designed an exquisite Georgian mansion and capitol building. When the main building burned in 1798, the grounds fell into ruin as New Bern development encroached over the site. But after WWII, the Tryon Palace Commission and a garden committee formed to research the possibility of reconstructing the site. Join us to discover how they uncovered history’s fascinating footprint to reconstruct a treasured attraction. Scenes of Colonial life are courtesy of UNC-TV's dramatic production, Alamance

As our state’s first seat of government, William Tryon, North Carolina’s first Colonial Governor and architect John Hawks designed an exquisite Georgian mansion and capitol building. When the main building burned in 1798, the grounds fell into ruin as New Bern development encroached over the site. But after WWII, the Tryon Palace Commission and a garden committee formed to research the possibility of reconstructing the site. Join us to discover how they uncovered history’s fascinating footprint to reconstruct a treasured attraction. Scenes of Colonial life are courtesy of UNC-TV's dramatic production, Alamance