American Revolution Podcast
Michael Troy
A chronological journey through the Revolutionary War.
- 30 minutes 49 secondsARP382 Yellow Fever and Genêt's Downfall
During the summer of 1793, Genêt continues his efforts to start a war in America against Britain and Spain. Yellow fever decimates Philadelphia, bringing the entire country to a halt. By the end of the year, Genêt's momentum toward war has halted. His recall orders from France finally arrive in America.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: America's First Plague: The Deadly 1793 Epidemic that Crippled a Young Nation, by Robert Watson
Online Recommendation of the Week: An account of the Bilious remitting yellow Fever ... of Philadelphia ... 1793, by Benjamin Rush: https://archive.org/details/10474420bsb
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29 March 2026, 8:00 am - 6 minutes 9 secondsRev250-075 South Carolina Independence
On March 26, 1776 South Carolina adopts its constitution, creating an independent government.
For more on state constitutions, check out Episode 91 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/04/episode-091-state-constitutions-part-1.html
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25 March 2026, 3:26 pm - 33 minutes 3 secondsARP381 The Citizen Genêt Affair
In 1793 Revolutionary France sends Edmund Genêt to America as the new French Ambassador. His mission is to bring America into the war that France is fighting with the rest of Europe. While the federal government is opposed, he finds the American people welcoming to the idea of war with Britain and Spain.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Genet Mission, by Harry Ammon
Online Recommendation of the Week: Jefferson Friend of France 1793: The Career of Edmond Charles Genêt 1763-1834: https://archive.org/details/bwb_S0-CAH-761
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22 March 2026, 10:31 pm - 30 minutes 51 secondsARP380 The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
After the federal elections near the end of 1792, the old Congress returns to pass several bills. One is the Fugitive Slave Act, which forces escaped slaves to be returned to their masters.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson, by Paul Finkelman
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Kidnapping of John Davis and the Adoption of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 JSTOR: https://doi.org/10.2307/2210284
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22 March 2026, 10:30 pm - 6 minutes 25 secondsRev250-074 Congress Authorizes Privateers
Unable to build a navy that could compete with the British, on March 23, 1776, Congress privatizes a navy by authorizing private ships to capture British shipping.
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18 March 2026, 11:41 am - 7 minutes 11 secondsRev250-073 Evacuation of Boston
On March 17, 1775, the British Army and Navy evacuate Boston, handing George Washington his first major victory of the war.
To hear more of the story, listen to Episode 86 of the American Revolution Podcast: https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/03/episode-086-evacuation-of-boston.html
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12 March 2026, 2:00 pm - 33 minutes 8 secondsARP379 The Election of 1792
Despite his reluctance to continue in office, George Washington wins a second term unanimously. John Adams defeats a challenge by NY Governor George Clinton. Clinton also wins a controversial reelection as governor as his opponents cry foul when Clinton supporters prevent three counties from having their votes counted.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Elections of 1789 & 1792: And the Administration of George Washington, by Arthur Schlesinger (ed).
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Disputed Election of 1792: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-05-02-0191
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8 March 2026, 8:00 am - 9 minutes 32 secondsRev250-072 Dorchester Heights
On the night of March 4, 1776, Continentals build defenses on Dorchester Heights, south of Boston. The work is so fast that it amazes the British. Gen. Howe decides they must evacuate Boston after the occupation. Howe's decision not to attack Dorchester, also means Washington does not execute a plan to storm Boston via a water landing that probably would have destroyed the Continental Army.
For more context on this story, listen to Episode 85 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/02/episode-085-dorchester-heights.html
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4 March 2026, 9:00 am - 50 minutes 48 secondsAR-SP47 Postal Service with Steve Kochersperger
Our February Round Table discussed how the postal service worked during the American Revolution. Joining us was Steve Kochersperger, historian for the United States Postal Service.
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1 March 2026, 9:00 am - 9 minutes 33 secondsRev250-071 Moore's Creek Bridge
British recruiters raise a loyalist army in western North Carolina. The patriots block them from marching to the coast, capturing and dispersing the army at Moore's Creek Bridge on Feb. 27, 1776.
For more context on this story, listen to Episode 82 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/02/episode-082-battle-of-moores-creek.html
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25 February 2026, 4:59 pm - 31 minutes 54 secondsARP378 Kentucky Statehood, 1792
Kentucky began seeking independence from Virginia the year after the Revolutionary War ended. It took nearly a decade of petitions and lobbying to make that a reality.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Kentucky's Road to Statehood, by Lowell Harrison.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Forging a Bluegrass Commonwealth: The Kentucky Statehood Movement and the Politics of the Trans-Appalachian West, 1783–1792: https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2113&context=etd
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