Episode 26 – The Great Compromise
It is January 26th. Welcome to Episode 26 of History in a Year. Today, the Constitutional Convention hits a brick wall. The Big States and Small State…
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Episode 25 – The Convention Begins
It is January 25th. Welcome to Episode 25 of History in a Year. Today, fifty-five men gather in a sweltering room in Philadelphia to perform a “peacef…
Episode 24 – Shays’ Rebellion
It is January 24th. Welcome to Episode 24 of History in a Year. Today, the “Rope of Sand” snaps. In the winter of 1786, thousands of angry veterans in…
Episode 23 – A Rope of Sand
It is January 23rd. Welcome to Episode 23 of History in a Year. Today, the party is over. The war is won, but the peace is a disaster. We explore the …
Episode 22 – Peace & Resignation
It is January 22nd. Welcome to Episode 22 of History in a Year. Today, the long war finally ends. We watch the British fleet sail out of New York Harb…
Episode 21 – The Man Who Wouldn’t Be King
It is January 21st. Welcome to Episode 21 of History in a Year. Today, the American Revolution faces its final and most dangerous test—not from the …
Episode 20 – The World Turned Upside Down
It is January 20th. Welcome to Episode 20 of History in a Year. Today, the trap snaps shut. General Cornwallis retreats to the Virginia coast, waiting…
Episode 19 – Cowpens & Guilford Courthouse
It is January 19th. Welcome to Episode 19 of History in a Year. Today, the Americans stop running and start fighting smart. General Nathanael Greene t…
Episode 18 – The Swamp Fox & The Overmountain Men
It is January 18th. Welcome to Episode 18 of History in a Year. Today, the war moves into the shadows. With the regular American army destroyed, the S…
Episode 17 – Treason!
It is January 17th. Welcome to Episode 17 of History in a Year. Today, while the war rages in the South, the American Revolution nearly dies from a kn…