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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Tags: American history, Andrew Oliver, Boston, Declaration of Independence, history, Ned Ryun, New York, New Yorks Sons of Liberty, Parliament, Richard Henry Lee, Sam Adams, Samuel Adams, Stamp Act, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia

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 | 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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Tags: Admiralty Court, Battle of Bunker Hill, Boston, Considerations on Behalf of the Colonists, Equal Representation, Francis Bernard, Glorious Revolution, Great Britain, Harvard College, James Otis, Jeremiah Gridley, John Adams, John Robinson, Massachusetts, Molasses Act, Natural Rights, Navigation Acts, New York, Parliament, Plymouth, Quartering Act, Ruth Cunningham, Samuel Adams, Stamp Act Congress, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Jefferson, Townshend Acts, Writs of Assistance

nedryun | September 28, 2010

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 [...]

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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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Tags: American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin, Christopher Newport, Clinton Rossiter, Colonial Assemblies, Colonial Councils, Colonial Courts, Colonial Legislatures, Connecticut, English Common Law, Executive Power, Founding Fathers, French and Indian War, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, George Washington, George Yeardley, Georgia, James River, Jamestown, John Smith, Local Government, London Company, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Middle Plantation, New York, Power of the Purse, Robert Dinwiddie, Royal Governors, Self Government, Sharecroppers, South Carolina, The Constitution State, The Revolutionary War, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Pownall, Virginia, Virginia Company, Virginia House of Burgesses, Voter Turnout, Williamsburg