Fearing an imminent British invasion of Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adjourns in December 1776 with a resolution to meet a week later in Baltimore, Maryland. Congress holds session in Baltimore for three months. The delegates vote to print more money, promote more generals and generally continue the work of government. At the end of February 1777, with the danger passed, they return to Philadelphia.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Moses Robinson and the Founding of Vermont, by Robert A. Mello.
Online Recommendation of the Week: A vindication of his public character in the station of director-general of the military hospitals and physician in chief to the American army, anno 1776, by John Morgan: https://archive.org/details/vindicationofhis00morg
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Episode 013: The Battle of Quebec
Episode 012: The Fall of Forts Duquesne, Niagara, and Carillon
Episode 011: Louisbourg, Frontenac, & Treaty of Easton
Episode 010: New British Strategy & Attack on Fort Carillon
Episode 009: Fort William Henry Massacre & Rise of William Pitt
Episode 008: Surrender of Fort Oswego
Episode 007: Acadia, Lake George, and Loudoun
Episode 006: British Take Charge: Battle of the Monongahela
Episode 005: Jumonville & Fort Necessity
Episode 004: Britain, France, and the Indians
Episode 003: British Background
Episode 002: American Background
Episode 001: Introduction
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