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The Hessians: How 1/3 of Britain’s Army Fought—and Saw—America | S1E35 AAR (opens the original)
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Most Americans remember the Hessians as drunken mercenaries defeated at Trenton. But nearly 30,000 German soldiers served Britain—from Canada to West Florida—and at one point constituted roughly one-third of its regular army in North America. They arrived with women and children, judged both Americans and their British commanders, encountered slavery, and sometimes decided to remain. The familiar schoolbook image captures only a tiny fraction of their story. 📄 Interview transcrip
Forgotten Revolutionaries—Fueled the War and Forced America to Define Who Was American | S1E34 AAR (opens the original)
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Who counted as an American? After independence, the answer was not obvious—especially at sea, where Americans and Britons could look and sound identical. Sailors had already served as the Revolution’s foot soldiers and carried weapons, uniforms, and other war supplies through dangerous Atlantic routes. Their later battles over nationality pushed the new United States toward an extraordinary system for proving citizenship—and the story also overturns a classroom assumption about the Boston Tea Pa
The Continental Dollar: The Default That Built American Credit | S1E33 AAR (opens the original)
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Did America default deliberately on the paper that financed its Revolution? The history most Americans learned blames the Continental dollar’s collapse on reckless printing and runaway inflation—but these notes functioned more like tax-backed bonds. Soldiers were paid in these promises and bore their plummeting value; then, in 1790, the new federal government settled the remaining dollars at 100 to 1, although it could have afforded a far more generous conversion. At that rate, holders converted
Hessian POWs: Hold Them. Win Them Over. Weaken Britain.| S1E32 AAR (opens the original)
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Hessian POWs became part of America’s war strategy. Rather than quickly exchange thousands of captured German soldiers and return them to Britain’s army, American leaders had a powerful reason to keep them out of the fighting. But they went further: Washington and other revolutionaries tried to win them over—placing prisoners among German-speaking Americans, treating them generously, and even offering land to men willing to abandon British service. It was an effort to turn captivity itself into
Why Canada Refused to Join the American Revolution | S1E31 AAR (opens the original)
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Canada refused the American Revolution. Continental Congress repeatedly invited Quebec to join the rebellion, then invaded Quebec expecting its French population to welcome American troops as liberators. Yet Nova Scotia presented the opposite surprise: Patriots there actually asked Washington to invade—but he refused. Even after the failed invasion, Americans continued imagining Canada as part of their new union. 📄 Interview transcript & takeaways 🚩 About My 226th Guest: Dr. J
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