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Dave Does History takes listeners on an engaging journey through the moments that shaped the world we live in today.
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The Last Offramp (opens the original)
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On September 11, 1776, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge crossed to Staten Island under a flag of truce. They came seeking the limits of Britain’s peace offer and discovered there was no offer at all, only pardons in exchange for submission. The Staten Island Peace Conference failed to stop the war, but it clarified what the Revolution had become. Independence was no longer a bargaining position. It was the cause for which Americans would have to fight. Listen to the latest Dave
The American Crises (opens the original)
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In September 1776, New York newspapers carried a mocking letter from a supposed eyewitness who claimed that George Washington and his “dirty pack of New England long faces” were losing the war. The author did not exist. The letter was British propaganda, part of an organized effort to ridicule the Continental Army, undermine public confidence, and convince Americans that resistance had become hopeless. The uncomfortable part was that the propaganda did not need to invent the defeats. Washington’
Camp Fortunate: When Lewis and Clark Changed the Method but Kept the Mission (opens the original)
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What happens when the map is wrong, the river runs out, and the plan that brought you across a continent can take you no farther? In August 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the Continental Divide expecting to find a practical water route leading west toward the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. Instead, the Corps of Discovery encountered mountain ranges stretching across the horizon, rivers too swift and rocky for navigation, dwindling food supplies, and the possibility that the
Fall Back (opens the original)
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American independence was declared in the summer of 1776.Whether the new nation could survive long enough to make that declaration mean anything was another matter entirely. By the autumn of that year, George Washington's ContinentalArmy had suffered a succession of defeats around New York. The British had the larger army, the Royal Navy controlled the surrounding waters, and General William Howe repeatedly maneuvered to trap Washington and destroy his army. At several critical moments, one larg
Benedict Arnold Saves The American Revolution (opens the original)
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Everyone remembers Benedict Arnold the traitor. Far fewer remember Benedict Arnold the hero. This week on Dave Does History on Bill Mick Live , we explore the Battle of Valcour Island, where Arnold built a navy from scratch, took on the greatest naval power in the world, and lost a battle that may have saved the American Revolution. Discover how one desperate stand on Lake Champlain bought the time that led to Saratoga and, ultimately, American independence. Discover why history is almost never
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