In this episode:

• The first legislative response to the Stamp Act proposed by Patrick Henry and called the Virginia Resolves.
• The Virginia Resolves assert that the colonists have the same rights as Englishmen.
• Henry argues voraciously for its passage and it later passes the Virginia House of Burgesses 20-19.
• The Virginia Resolves influence other colonists and help place revolution in the minds of the colonists.

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 against the crown.
• The act is enforced through Admiralty Courts.
• Samuel Adams leads resistance in Massachusetts.
• Committees of Correspondence help the colonies produce a uniform response.
• The resistance has only begun, culminating in a war and a new nation.

Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.”  Listen to Episode 10, “The Currency Act of 1764.”

In this episode:

• First comprehensive assertion of British policy over the colonists was the Currency Act of 1764.
• Overview of events leading up to the first Currency Act in 1751.
• Analysis of economics during the 18th century, particularly the issuing of paper money.
• The reaction by the Continental Congress to the Currency Act.

Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.”  Listen to Episode 9, “The Sugar Act of 1764.”

In this episode:

• The passing of The Sugar Act of 1764 and its contribution to the stirring of colonial rebellion.
• Taxation by the British Parliament in response to growing debts from the French and Indian War.
• The colonial response to The Sugar Act including efforts led by Samuel Adams.
• The growing unification of the colonies based on common plight.
• The stage is set for future conflicts over an overbearing British Parliament.

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:

• Introduction to the Constitutional Convention and the weekly podcast
• The road to the convention: The Revolutionary War
• The road to the convention: The American confederation debate
• The road to the convention: The Articles of Confederation
• The issues of the convention: Representation, Taxation, Slavery, State Sovereignty and much more.