nedryun | March 31, 2011
Ned Ryun continues his series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 17, “A Violent Backlash” In this episode Ned discusses: The violent reaction to the Stamp Act in the colonies The hanging in effigy of Andrew Oliver, royal stamp agent, in Boston The ransacking of Thomas Hutchinson’s home Samuel Adams condemns the violence The New [...]
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nedryun | February 1, 2011
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 16, “The Sons of Liberty.” In this episode: The Sons of Liberty formed to fight the abuses of The Stamp Act. The original groups formed in places like Boston and New York City. The growth, acts and networks of The Sons of Liberty. The [...]
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nedryun | January 12, 2011
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 14, “An Army Amongst Us.” In this episode: Questions regarding how to protect the western frontier continue. Tensions among the colonists continue as The Quartering Act is passed by parliament. The colonists feel reprisal from British troops living among them. The colonists resist funding [...]
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nedryun | December 14, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 13, “The Stamp Act and the Dawn of Popular Resistance.” In this episode: The high price tag of defending western frontiers and public debt leads British’s Parliament to pass The Stamp Act of 1765. The act begins the first unified resistance from the colonies [...]
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nedryun | November 17, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 12, “The Life of James Otis.” In this episode: The life and contributions of James Otis. Otis’ role in the Writs of Assistance debate. The written works of James Otis as a foundation for the American Revolution. Otis’ premature departure from the public sphere [...]
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nedryun | August 12, 2010
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. [...]
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nedryun | July 28, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 4, “The Legacy of the Colonial Legislatures and Self Government.” In this episode: The role of the colonial legislatures and the principle of self government is essential to understanding the attitudes that drove the American Revolution. A brief look at three colonial legislatures in [...]
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nedryun | July 20, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 3, “The Last of the 13 Colonies.” In this episode: Roger Williams and the founding of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The establishment of Delaware and North and South Carolina. William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania as a place of religious toleration. The [...]
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nedryun | July 13, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 2, “First Ventures.” In this episode: The first English settlements: Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth. The establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Dutch founding of New York and New Jersey. Catholics form their own colony in Maryland. Other early colonies.
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nedryun | July 6, 2010
Ned Ryun Begins a New Podcast Series Entitled, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 1, “The Die is Cast.” In this episode: An overview of the events, figures and key points of debate leading up to the Declaration of Independence. Would the Second Continental Congress declare independence? What acts and military events led to the [...]
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