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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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Rev250-106 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 Contin...
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 1...
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.
To see upcoming rou...
ARP394 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 ye...
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 Con...
ARP393 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, infl...
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 America...
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 acros...
ARP392 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...
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 e...
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 Decla...
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 Aristocr...
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 nea...
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 w...
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 Epis...
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, che...
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...
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 sa...
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 pro...
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 Righ...
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 v...
ARP389 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 cal...
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.
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 themselv...
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 expec...
ARP388 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...
General Sullivan Goes to Quebec
Despite the arrival of British reinforcements under General John Burgoyne in Quebec City, the Continentals make one last push to capture Quebec. Gene...
AR-SP50 Park Plans for the 250th
Our May 2026 American Revolution Round Table was joined by four special guests:
Alex Robb, Washington Crossing Historic Park, P...
Rev250-086 Washington Visits Philadelphia May 24 1776
While his army prepares to defend NYC, General Washington travels to Philadelphia to consult with the Continental Congress. He arrives in Philadelphi...
Rev250-085 Battle of the Cedars May 19, 1776
On May 19, 1776, a British officers with a few hundred Indians attacks a larger force of Continentals at the Cedars, outside Montreal.
Fo...
ARP387 The Jay Treaty
In 1794, the US and Britain are on the brink of war. President Washington sends Chief Justice John Jay to London to negotiate a treaty. He returns wi...
Rev250-084 Virginia Calls for Independence May 15, 1776
On May 15, 1776, The Fifth Virginia Convention passes a resolution calling on the Continental Congress to declared the united colonies to be free and...
ARP386 Confronting Rebellion, 1794
Faced with a rebellion over the Whiskey tax in western Pennsylvania, President Washington calls out the militia and personally rides with the army to...
Rev250-083 First Resolution on Independence - May 10, 1776
On May 10, 1776, the Continental Congress passes a pretty uncontroversial resolution asking colonies to form their own governments. A small committee...
AR385 The Whiskey Rebellion
Frontier communities in western Pennsylvania rebel against the excise tax on whiskey in 1794.
This episode's, blog entry, at ...
Rev250-080
The Continental Congress sends a delegation to Province of Quebec to encourage them to join the patriot cause. The delegation arrives in Montreal on...
Rev250-079 British Fleet in NC
On April 18, 1776, the first ships of the British fleet carrying reinforcements under General Cornwallis, arrives in Cape Fear, NC, joining up with Ge...
Rev250-078 Washington Arrives in NYC
After the Continentals force the British to evacuate Boston, General Washington begins slowly moving his army to New York City. Washington personall...
Rev250-077 Halifax Resolves
On April 12, 1774, the Fourth Provincial Congress in North Carolina calls on its delegates to the Continental Congress to support independence from Br...
ARP381 The Citizen Genêt Affair
In 1793 Revolutionary France sends Edmund Genêt to America as the new French Ambassador. His mission is to bring America into the war that France is...