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To the British, the American Revolution wasn’t a fight for liberty—it was an act of ingratitude.
After defending the colonies in the costly French and Indian War, Parliament expected the Americans to pay their fair share. Instead, they got boycotts, protests, and rebellion. Renowned historian Andrew Roberts, author of The Last King of America, explains how a series of British missteps turned resistance into revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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When we study the Civil War, we have one big advantage over everyone who lived at the time: we know how it ended. We know the North won. We might, therefore, be tempted to think that a Union victory was inevitable. But the first eighteen months of the war pointed toward a very different outcome. Wilfred McClay, author of Land of Hope, tells the story.
Americans have always been a people on the move. Today, millions are moving from blue states to red states. Why? What are California, New York, and Illinois getting wrong that Florida, Texas and Tennessee are getting right? Stephen Moore, economist and co-founder of Unleash Prosperity, explains.
For decades, tensions over slavery, states’ rights, and the future of the Union had been building. By the spring of 1861, the country had reached its breaking point at Fort Sumter. One final question remained: who would fire the first shot? Wilfred McClay, author of Land of Hope, tells the story of how the Civil War began.
Does America have the right to expel people who entered the country illegally? Many say that mass deportations would be immoral, impractical, and damaging to America’s economy. Do those arguments actually hold up? Shabbos Kestenbaum, host of The Brief and Theological, has some answers.
America came to the brink of civil war over slavery in 1820, 1850, and 1861. The first two times, the country pulled back from disaster. The third time, it went over the edge. Was the Civil War unavoidable, or could the bloodiest conflict in American history have been prevented? Wilfred McClay, professor of American history at Hillsdale College and author of Land of Hope, investigates this question.