By late 1779, supply chain issues and inflation brought about by the war and Continental dollars creates economic desperation in Philadelphia. Desperate militia members place the blame on greedy merchants of questionable loyalty to the cause. Their outrage culminates in a military assault on the home of James Wilson.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Arms, Country and Class; The Philadelphia Militia and the “Lower Sort” during the American Revolution, by Steven Roswurm.(or read on archive.org)
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Episode 059: Taking Fort Ticonderoga
Episode 058: Slavery and Liberty
Episode 057: Regulars and Provincials
Episode 056: The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Episode 055: British Retreat from Lexington and Concord
Episode 054: British Advance on Lexington and Concord
Episode 053: Paul Revere Rides
Episode 052: Salem Alarm & Hearts and Minds
Episode 051: The Portsmouth Alarm
Episode 050: Britain Prepares for War
Episode 049: The Provincial Congress of Massachusetts
Episode 048: The First Continental Congress
Episode 047: The Suffolk Resolves
Episode 046: The Powder Alarm
Episode 045: Governing from Salem
Episode 044: Lord Dunmore's War
Episode 043: Colonies React to the Coercive Acts
Episode 042: The Coercive Acts
Episode 041: Tea Party Aftermath
Episode 040: The Boston Tea Party
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