Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.”  Listen to Episode 7, “The French and Indian War.”

In this episode:

• The political and military tensions between Great Britain and France.
• The battle over land in the Ohio Territory.
• The dynamics of Native American tribes and the European powers.
• The early failures of Great Britain and George Washington in the French and Indian War.
• The engagement of the colonist militias help shift the war.
• The Treaty of Paris and the subsequent gains by the British.
• The headaches of managing new land and the question of taxation and colonialists.

Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.”  Listen to Episode 6, “The Albany Plan of Union.”

In this episode:

• How the Albany Plan of Union foreshadowed the future American republic.
• British  and French expansionist policies and their relationship with Native American tribes.
• Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson’s role in forming the plan of union.
• The rejection of the plan by the colonial legislatures.
• The question of a central taxing authority and the upcoming French and Indian War.

In this Episode:

• Alexander Hamilton’s life, part two of two.
• A focus on Hamilton’s post-convention life.
• Hamilton in the Washington cabinet.
• Hamilton and his role in the creation of the U.S. Mint, First National Bank, and Revenue Cutter Service.
• The formation of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican political parties.
• Hamilton’s launching of the New York Evening Post.
• Hamilton’s affair and role in the 1796 presidential elections.
• Hamilton effectively makes Jefferson President after the 1800 presidential election is decided in the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Hamilton duels Aaron Burr.

In this Episode:

• Resuming the events taking place in Independence Hall.
• Summary of the large state advantage.
• Brief biography of William Paterson.
• William Paterson proposes New Jersey plan for small states to rally behind.
• The large states respond.

In this Episode:

• James Wilson, his life and contributions to the Constitutional Convention.
• Wilson’s early life in Scotland.
• Wilson’s close relationship with John Dickinson and Benjamin Franklin.
• Wilson’s public service and influence.
• Wilson’s bad land deals and other legal problems that lead to his demise.
• Wilson’s place in history.

In this Episode:

• James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, Part II.
• Madison in the House of Representatives.
• Madison, Patrick Henry and the Bill of Rights.
• Madison, Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans.
• Madison as Secretary of State.
• The Madison Presidency and post-presidential life.