The Continental Army cooperates with the French Navy to recapture Savannah Georgia from the British in the fall of 1779. A bloody assault on the city ends with the British holding the city, while the Americans and French withdraw.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Siege of Savannah, in 1779, by Charles C. Jones (or read on archive.org)
Online Recommendation of the Week: Davis, Robert S. “Black Hatian Soldiers at the Siege of Savannah” Journal of the American Revolution, https://allthingsliberty.com/2021/02/black-haitian-soldiers-at-the-siege-of-savannah
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Episode 040: The Boston Tea Party
Episode 039: The Politics of Tea
Episode 038: The Green Mountain Boys
Episode 037: Committees of Correspondence and the Colony of Vandalia
Episode 036: Sinking the HMS Gaspee
Episode 035: Carolina Regulators and the Battle of Alamance
Episode 034: Massacre Fallout and Townshend Acts Repealed
Episode 033: The Boston Massacre
Episode 032: The Battle of Golden Hill
Episode 031: Wilkes and Liberty & Tar and Feathers
Episode 030: The Occupation of Boston
Episode 029: The Liberty Riot
Episode 028: Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
Episode 027: Prime Minister Pitt Falls from Power
Episode 026: The Townshend Acts
Episode 025: Tensions Simmer
Episode 024: Stamp Act Repeal and Declaratory Act
Episode 023: The Stamp Act Congress
Episode 022: The Stamp Act and Quartering Act of 1765
Episode 021: The Colonies React to Taxes
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