Lectures tagged "Revolutionary War"

Teapot in a Tempest: The Boston Tea Party of 1773 (Part 2)
Benjamin Carp
December 10, 2009
00:52:37
The Boston Tea Party lives on in history and memory in a variety of ways. The term "Boston Tea Party" doesn't appear for 50 years after the event. No one spoke openly about who had boarded the tea ships until the 1820s and 1830s.
Teapot in a Tempest: The Boston Tea Party of 1773 (Part 1)
Benjamin Carp
December 3, 2009
00:47:32
The Boston Tea Party was about more than taxes, and it was part of a movement that was larger than Boston.
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Rough Crossings: Blacks and the Revolutionary War
Simon Schama
May 11, 2006
01:14:26
Simon Schama discusses his book Rough Crossings, which turns on a single huge question: if you were black in America at the start of the Revolutionary War, whom would you want to win? Tens of thousands gave their answer, voting with their feet for Britain and King George.
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1776: Town Meeting with David McCullough
David McCullough
September 30, 2005
01:21:13
David McCullough, host of PBS' American Experience, tells the story of Americans in the ranks: men of every shape, size, and color; farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere bo
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War of Words: The Last Colonial War in American Literature
Wayne Franklin
September 21, 2005
00:52:40
As a young author, James Fenimore Cooper set out to write a series of Revolutionary War era novels, but abruptly changed his plans after his first visit in 1825 to several classic French and Indian Wa
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Literary Trail of Greater Boston
Susan Wilson
June 23, 2005
00:42:34
Professional photographer and writer Susan Wilson brings Boston's Freedom Trail to life with highlights from the newly revised edition of her beloved guidebook.
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David McCullough's Biography of a Year: 1776
David McCullough
June 1, 2005
01:14:17
Best-selling historical writer and two-time Pulitzer winner David McCullough follows up his biography John Adams by focusing on a historic time rather than an individual: the momentous 12 month
A Short History of Boston
Robert J. Allison
May 5, 2005
01:15:32
Robert J. Allison, professor of history at Suffolk University, brings to life the major events and important figures who formed the "City on a Hill".