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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Tags: Admiralty Court, Boston, Canada, Carribean, Cider Bill of 1763, Currency Act of 1764, Florida, French and Indian War, George Grenville, Georgia, Great Britain, John Hancock, King George III, Massachusetts, Molasses, Molasses Act, Native Americans, New England, New Hampshire, Oxenbridge Thatcher, Parliament, Pontiac's Rebellion, Proclamation Act of 1763, Revenue Act of 1766, Rhode Island, Rum, Samuel Adams, Stamp Act of 1765, Sugar, Tariffs, Taxation, The Revolutionary War, The Sugar Act of 1764, Thomas Hancock, Thomas Hutchinson, Treaty of Paris, William Pitt

nedryun | September 15, 2010

Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.”  Listen to Episode 8, “The Proclamation Act of 1763.” In this episode: The Proclamation Act of 1763 and its effects on American colonial thinking towards Great Britain. The ongoing struggles between the Native Americans and Great Britain. The attacks on the colonists on the western frontier and [...]

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Tags: Appalachian Mountains, Cumberland Gap, Daniel Boone, Fort Detroit, Fort Ontario, French and Indian War, Great Britain, Great Lakes, Huron, Iroquois, Jeffrey Amherst, Kentucky, King George III, Michigan, Native Americans, North Carolina, Ohio, Ohio Territory, Parliament, Pennsylvania, Pontiac, Pontiac's Rebellion, Proclamation Act of 1763, South Carolina, Treaty of Paris, Virginia

nedryun | August 25, 2010

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 [...]

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Tags: Appalachian Mountains, Battle of Jumonville Glen, Battle of the Monongahela, Carribean, Colonial Militia, Edward Braddock, England, Europe, Fort Duquesne, Fort Louisbourg, Fort Necessity, Fort Pitt, Fort William Henry, France, French and Indian War, George Washington, Great Britain, Huron, India, Iroquois, King George III, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Massachusetts, Mohawk, Native Americans, Ohio, Ohio Territory, Parliament, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Proclamation Act of 1763, Prussia, Robert Dinwiddie, Seven Years' War, Taxation, Taxation Without Representation, Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of Paris, Virginia, Virginia House of Burgesses, West Africa, William Pitt, Williamsburg

nedryun | August 3, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: The life of Gouverneur Morris, drafter of the U.S. Constitution. Morris’ work in New York politics. Morris as chief advocate for the Continental Army. Morris’ role in the Constitutional Convention. Morris’ dealings with England and later role as Minister to France during the [...]

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, Barbados, Bastille, Battle of Long Island, Bermuda, Bronx, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, Committee on Style, Constitution of New York, Continental Army, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Dewitt Clinton, Duke of Leeds, Erie Canal, Federalist Papers, Federalist Party, French Revolution, Friedrich von Steuben, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Great Britain, Hartford Convention, Jacobites, Jamaica, James Madison, James Monroe, John Bryan, John Jay, King's College, Lewis Morris, Lord Frederick North, Louis XVI, Marquis de Condorcet, Marquis de Lafayette, Maximilien Robespierre, Nathanael Greene, New York, New York Provincial Congress, Northwest Territories, Peg Leg, Reign of Terror, Robert Morris, Roger Sherman, Rufus King, Samuel Osgood, Slavery, Staats Long Morris, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Treaty of Ghent, Treaty of Paris, Valley Forge, Versailles, War of 1812, William Constable, William Duer, William Pitt, William Samuel Johnson, William Smith

nedryun | June 15, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: The life of Roger Sherman, signer of America’s first four founding documents. Sherman lives the typical American life beginning as a cobbler and ending as a national statesman. Sherman’s political and legal career in Connecticut. Sherman’s role in the Continental Congress and in [...]

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Tags: Articles of Association, Articles of Confederation, Benjamin Franklin, Bill of Rights, Connecticut, Connecticut Compromise, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut State Senate, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Hartwell, Fisher Aimes, Great Compromise, House of Representatives, John Adams, John Witherspoon, Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Trumbull, Judiciary Act, Oliver Ellsworth, Paper Money, Philadelphia, Rebekah Prescot, Roger Sherman, Samuel Dunbar, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Treaty of Paris, U.S. Constitution, William Livingston, William Paterson, William Pierce, William Samuel Johnson, Yale College

nedryun | April 27, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. 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.

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Tags: Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, Charles Pinckney, Continental Congress, Edmund Randolph, Equal Representation, France, Independence Hall, James Madison, James Wilson, John Lansing Jr., Luther Martin, New Jersey Plan, Oliver Ellsworth, Proportional Representation, Richard Henry Lee, Treaty of Paris, Virginia Plan, William Paterson

nedryun | February 2, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: The challenges of the Articles of Confederation (continued from last week). Tension between the Confederation Congress and the state legislatures. Early foreign policy concerns. Interstate commerce, tariffs, currency, and internal strife. Founding era demographics and ways of life.

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, Barbary Pirates, Confederation Congress, Currency, Demographics, George Washington, Great Britain, Henry Knox, Interstate Commerce, James Madison, James Wilkinson, Samuel Adams, Spain, Tariffs, The Revolutionary War, Treaty of Paris