This week we look at how a crisis in the East India Company triggered the chain reaction that would blow up the British Empire.
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A History of the United States. A podcast charting the history of the United States of America from the foundation of Jamestown to the end of the cold war, covering political, military, economic, social and cultural history.
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Folge vom 15.11.2020Episode 137 - The Boston Tea Party
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Folge vom 08.11.2020Episode 136 - The Boston MassacreThis week we look at the British attempts to establish colonies in Canada and Florida, as well as American expansion in the interior. Then we turn to Boston for events in 1770.
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Folge vom 18.10.2020Episode 135 - The Townshend CrisisThis week we look at the fallout to the Townshend Acts in America, which ultimately forces Britain to relent. We also introduce the new Prime Minister, Lord North.
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Folge vom 27.09.2020Episode 134 - The Townshend ActsThis week we look at the brief and destructive period where Townshend dominated the British government, passed the Townshend Acts, and set up the war for independence.