A History of the United States

This week we look at how the unhappiness of the 1780s exploded in Massachusetts.

This week we start to explore the economic crisis that engulfed the United States in the 1780s.

This week we creation of the first US constitution, the Articles of Confederation. We also look at the problems this constitution caused.

This week we cover the events that led to the 1783 Treaty of Paris, bringing a peace between Britain, France, Spain and the newly formed United States.

This week we cover the last year of the American Revolution, and the final battle - Yorktown.

This week we track the events in South Carolina and Georgia during the Revolutionary War, as well as looking at Benedict Arnold, bringing the war up to 1780.

This week we look what happened as the French joined the war and the northern theatre became trapped in a stalemate.

This week we look at the campaign in Canada as the British suffer a massive defeat and France joins the war.

This week we look at the Washington's time in Valley Forge and evaluate the career of Howe.

This week we the British decide they want to capture Philadelphia, for some reason.

This week we talk about revolutionary war in 1776 as the British push the Patriots westward.

This week we talk about slavery at the time of the revolution, as well as the campaigns of mid-1776 in New York.

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This week we cover the Declaration of Independence.

This week we look at the British reaction to the outbreak of the revolutionary war and how this drove Americans towards independence. We also look at Common Sense by Thomas Paine.

This week the Patriot forces attempt to capture Canada from the British.

This week the American Revolution begins! We cover the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, as well as look at Washington being made Commander in Chief by the Second Continental Congress.

This week we look at the decisions that to Britain taking military action against the American patriot forces.

This week we look at the Declaration of Rights made by the First Continental Congress.

This week we look at how a crisis in the East India Company triggered the chain reaction that would blow up the British Empire.

This week we look at the British attempts to establish colonies in Canada and Florida, as well as American expansion in the interior. Then we turn to Boston for events in 1770.

This week we look at the fallout to the Townshend Acts in America, which ultimately forces Britain to relent. We also introduce the new Prime Minister, Lord North.

This week we look at the brief and destructive period where Townshend dominated the British government, passed the Townshend Acts, and set up the war for independence.

This week we look at the fall of the Rockingham Ministry, Pitt's insanity, and introduce Charles Townshend to centre stage.

This week we cover the repeal of the Stamp Act in Parliament as Pitt gives the speech of his life.

This week we introduce John and Abigail Adams, as well as looking at how women were crucial in the Stamp Act protests.

This week the Sons of Liberty begin to organise mobs to fight back against the Stamp Act, with the situation in Boston escalating.

This week Grenville falls and the Rockingham Ministry is born, while we introduce Patrick Henry as the Stamp Act hits America.

This week we follow as Prime Minister Grenville plants two timebombs in America, the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act.

This week we turn to the American Currencies Act, and introduce Sam Adams into the narrative as opposition to the British grows in Boston.

This week Grenville hangs onto powerin Westminster while trying to bring in more money. He passes the first of his big new laws, the American Duties Act, more commonly known as the Sugar Act.

This week the British try to undo the damage done to the Indian relationship over the previous episodes.

This week we look at the Indian response to British actions as Pontiac's War breaks out across North America.

This week we cover the fall of Bute in London, and recap the postwar situation in North America, going into detail with Connecticut's invasion of Wyoming.

This week we recap the Seven Years War and cover the Treaty of Paris.

This week we bring the Seven Years War to a close with a Prussian miracle and a series of British adventures in Havana and Manilla.

This week we cover the events of 1761 as Pitt falls from power while Spain and Portugal enter the war.

This week we cover the event that dominated the southern colonies in the early 1760s, the Cherokee War.

This week we catch up with Frederick across 1759 and 1760 before covering the death of George II and bringing Lord Bute to the stage.

This week we follow the British as the complete the conquest of New France and review the war.

This week we complete the story of 1759 with events in Europe and the Battle of Quiberon Bay.

This week we continue the story of 1759 as the British move on Quebec.

This week we start a three episode series on 1759 when the war tips towards the British.

This week we look at the world in 1758 as Frederick gets worn down in Prussia and we introduce West Africa into the narrative.

This week we continue to look at 1758 as the British make attacks on Louisbourg, Fort Frontenac and Fort Duquesne.

This week we turn to 1758 in the colonies as Pitt's Chathamite system begins to take effect. The British try to push up the Lake Champlain corridor by attacking Fort Carillon.

This week the British have a major course correction as Pitt redesigns the Brittish approach to the war.

This week we look at more things going wrong for the British as they try take Louisbourg.

This week we the British set out their plans for 1757, and suffer another disaster at Fort William Henry.

This week we look at military disaster for Prussia, political turmoil in Westminster, and I go on a pointless digression about Kaliningrad .