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Over the summer of 1787, the Federal Convention in Philadelphia struggles with the details of how the new federal legislature will work.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: 1787: The Grand Convention, by Clinton Rossiter. (borrow on archive.org)
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Day by Day Account: https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/stories-constitutionalconvention.htm
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During the First week of April, 1775, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress establishes rules and regulations for the army it planned to use in the coming fight with the British Regulars.
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In March, 2025, Author Kostya Kennedy released his book The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night that Saved America. Mr. Kennedy joined our American Revolution Roundtable to discuss Paul Revere and the importance of his famous Ride.
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On March 30, 1775, King George III signed into law the New England Restraining Act, preventing the more troublesome colonies in North America from trading with anyone other than directly with Britain and Ireland.
For more on this, check out Episode 50 of the American Revolution Podcast: https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/06/episode-050-britain-prepares-for-war.html
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Delegates at the 1787 Federal Convention struggle to decide whether the new government will represent the states, or the people.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Bowen, Catherine Drinker: Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, Little, Brown & Co. 1966 (borrow at archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, (Farrand, editor.).
Vol. 1: https://archive.org/details/recordsoffederal01unit
Vol 2: https://archive.org/details/recordsoffederal02unit
Vol 3: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.58320
Or Online Liberty Library edition: https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/farrand-the-records-of-the-federal-convention-of-1787-3vols
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In March 1775, Virginia Delegates meet in defiance of the Royal Governor to discuss additional steps to opposed the actions of Parliament. When Patrick Henry proposes to build up the militia, opponents argue that such an action would be seen as preparing for war rather than peaceful resistance. Henry rises to proclaim that the British have already begun the war. Virginians can submit and become slaves, or fight for their liberty.
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The Constitutional Convention got off to a rocky start, beginning nearly two weeks after the planned start date. Not enough states showed up until then. Delegates spent the first few days electing officers for the Convention. They unanimously selected Washington to preside. They also created rules for the Convention. Finally, Virginia introduced its Virginia Plan to begin the actual debate.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787, by Christopher Collier
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Online Recommendation of the Week: Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, by James Madison: https://archive.org/details/notesofdebatesin00unit
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In March 1775, Daniel Boone begins work on the Wilderness Road into Kentucky.
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National leaders realize the Articles of Confederation just aren't working. Getting popular support for real change proves difficult.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution, by David O. Stewart.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Instructions to the Convention Delegates https://csac.history.wisc.edu/document-collections/the-constitutional-convention/convention-delegates
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On the 5th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Joseph Warren delivers the oration remembering the massacre of March 5, 1770. The presence of British officers in the audience, combined with the tension of the time nearly sets off a riot.
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Congress struggles to find a way to survey and populate its western territories. A group of former officers form the Ohio Company and lobby for an insider deal that will sell some of the prime land at a bargain price. Congress agrees and begins settlement in what will become the state of Ohio.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Northwest Ordinance, 1787: A Bicentennial Handbook, by Robert Taylor (borrow on archive.org)
Online Recommendation of the Week: Life, Journals and Correspondence of Rev. Manasseh Cutler, LL. D, Vol. 1: https://archive.org/details/lifejournalscorr01cutl
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In late February, 1775, Prime Minister, Lord North gets Parliament to support a supposed compromise bill that is actually designed to shore up support in Parliament for the coming war in America.
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Author Larry Kidder joins us to discuss his latest book Defending Fort Stanwix, a fort on the western frontier of New York that contributed to the ultimate surrender of the British Army at Saratoga in 1777. Kidder discusses the siege, the related battle of Oriskany and why these events were so consequential to the war.
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Book: Defending Fort Stanwix, by William "Larry" Kidder.
Other books by Kidder:
The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man: Jacob Francis: 1754-1836, 2021
Ten Crucial Days: Washington's Vision for Victory Unfolds, 2019.
Crossroads of the Revolution: Trenton 1774-1783, 2017.
Visit Larry's website at wlkidderhistorian.com,
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I'm trying something new this week.
This is a special supplemental episode that takes a look at events that happened 250 year ago this week. In this episode, we discuss the Salem Raid, also called Leslie's Retreat, which took place on February 26, 1775.
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For more on this topic, check out Episode 052.
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Massachusetts farmers feel the squeeze caused by excessive taxes to pay down war debt and a shortage of money in circulation. With the laws set up to benefit wealthy eastern merchants, to the detriment of the farmers, the farmers shut down the state government in protest.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story, by Daniel Bullen
Online Recommendation of the Week: Daniel Bullen: Shay's Honorable Rebellion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIcyDT1aqik
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Years of issuing paper money to finance the Revolutionary War continued in the post war era. By 1786, farmers in debt wanted to continue paper money policies that would make it easier to pay their debts. Merchant creditors opposed these policies. States that failed to address these demands often found themselves facing rioters who wanted to shut down the government.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution, by Woody Holton.
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Paper Money Craze of 1786: https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/archives/1886/09/58-347/131865758.pdf
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The end of the war brought its own difficulties. The states no longer felt a strong need to remain united, and no one wanted to repay their war debts. In September, 1786, a group of nationalists met quietly at Annapolis, supposedly to discuss trade and commerce issues. They ended up proposing holding another Convention in Philadelphia to discuss a broader range of problems with the Articles of Confederation.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: (off topic) Defending Fort Stanwix, by William L. Kidder.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Address of the Annapolis Convention: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-03-02-0556
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Get the book: All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier, by Avellina Balestri
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Thomas Jefferson drafts a bill to prevent Virginia Tax dollars from being used to support the state church, Anglicanism in the colonial era. The church itself rebrands itself as the Episcopal Church, but still hopes for state support. For years, the debate rages. After Jefferson leaves for France, James Madison takes up leadership on the fight, getting the Assembly to pass the bill in 1786.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Statute in Virginia, by Thomas Buckley (borrow on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785, by James Madison: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163
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The Continental Congress entered into treaties with the Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Benjamin Hawkins: Indian Agent, by Merritt Pound
Online Recommendation of the Week: Alexander McGillivray, The Last King of the Creeks,
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