Revolutions

3.2- The Broken Regime

The Ancien Regime was a mess in desperate need of reform.

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[Update: Fixed pronunciation of "taille."]

 

3.1 The Three Estates

The population of pre-Revolutionary France was divided into Three Estates: the Church, the Nobility and Everyone Else. 

Direct Link: 3.1 The Three Estates

3.0 Revolutions Podcast Update

Tours. Episode Numbering. Money. Parlez-vous français?

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2.15- The Rising Sun

The ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights marks the end of the Revolutionary Era. 

Direct Link: 031- The Rising Sun

In a nice little synchronicity I wound up spending this morning at James Madison Park.

2.15a- The Bill of Rights

Hang them on the wall of every classroom. 

Direct Link: 031a- The Bill of Rights

2.14- The Critical Period

Between the end of the War of Independence and the Constitutional Convention the new United States was plagued by problems. The Articles of Confederation were not up to solving them. 

Direct Link: 030- The Critical Period

2.13- The Articles of Confederation

As the newly independent United States trasitioned from war to peace, it was tripped up by the ineffective Articles of Confederation. 

Direct Link: 029- The Articles of Confederation

2.12- Yorktown

Lord Cornwallis was trapped in Yorktown in October 1781. His surrender ended the American War of Independence. 

Direct Link: 028- Yorktown

2.11- Tarleton's Quarter

Despite the thrashing he gave Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden, Lord Cornwallis found the Carolinas slipping out of his grasp. 

Direct Link: 027- Tarleton's Quarter

2.10- Turning South

The Episode That Wouldn't Die.

Direct Link: 026- Turning South