Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 01:11PM What was Christmas like during the time of the American Revolution? Did soldiers have time to celebrate? What about people at home? We have a special guest from Meadow Garden House in Georgia, where one of the youngest signers of the Declaration of Independence lived.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 01:40PM
Meet our special guest Lars Hedbor!
Monday, November 18, 2019 at 01:33PM After Britain imposed the Intolerable Acts, the American Colonies decided something had to be done. Representatives from the different colonies met in Philadelphia for a Continental Congress to decide what that should be. In this episode, we get all of the details from a true expert!
We meet Patrick Henry in this episode! Learn all about him here.
It all happened at Carpenter's Hall. Learn more about that historic location!
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Patrick Henry (source)
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 12:29PM After the Boston Tea Party, Britain wanted to punish the American colonies. They passed a series of laws that became known as the Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts. They were supposed to prove to the colonists that they were in charge, but do you think the colonists obeyed? Find out in this episode!
Friday, August 23, 2019 at 04:05PM When Britain taxed tea, colonists proved that they meant it when they said "no taxation without representation!" In December of 1773, patriots snuck onto a ship carrying tea into Boston and threw it into the harbor. Hear all about how that happened, why, and what happened next.
The Destruction of the Tea at Boston Harbor. Lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, 1846.
1789 engraving of The Destruction of the Tea
This notice from the "Chairman of the Committee for Tarring and Feathering" in Boston denounced the tea consignees as "traitors to their country".
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