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  • 4. Getting A Better Read On Britain’s Military Establishment In North America

    01:11:16||Season 44, Ep. 4
    Determine firsthand if British Soldiers had served as permanent fixtures in the American Colonies before 7 Years War ended. Go behind the scenes and learn how previous conflicts paved the way for French & Indian War. Learn how British Officers & Soldiers eventually came to view both Colonial Militia Forces & Indians. Discover how many Indian People’s truly felt about the British following Royal Proclamation of 1763. Get an in depth analysis behind why Pontiac’s Rebellion took place. Uncover a shocking story that occurred during Pontiac’s Rebellion come late June 1763 including its ramifications. Learn what other legislation Parliament enacted in 1765 being same year that Stamp Act went into law including the British Officer who ardently supported the measure. Go behind the scenes and explore which exact element played crucial to both sides achieving success involving gun powder raids. Learn what the British could and couldn’t control. Agree if it’s fair to say that both sides engaged in full time competition involving intelligence gathering. Learn about companionship and the uncertainties it posed.

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  • 3. Uncovering The Real Story Behind What Led Up To March 5, 1770

    01:18:53||Season 44, Ep. 3
    Get introduced to Ebenezer Richardson. Understand what unravels on Thursday February 22, 1770, involving Ebenezer Richardson including the event that follows less than two weeks later. Learn why Parliament passed the 1773 Tea Act including actions engaged by Bostonian’s come December 16 of that year. Discover how Parliament responded in the aftermath of events from December 16, 1773. Learn which British Military Officer arrived into Boston Harbor come May 13, 1774. Discover how Salem’s Loyalists reacted to arrival of new British Officer. Get an in-depth analysis involving Salem’s Mercantile Elite. Get to know Timothy Pickering including his personal style approach behind resolving sensitive issues. Go behind the scenes and learn how Boston Committee of Correspondence responded in midst of Parliament enacting Intolerable Acts. Determine whether or not the new British General understood where Salem’s Mercantile Elite actually stood regarding current British policies.
  • 2. Getting To Know The Early Years Of Salem Massachusetts’s Existence

    01:22:18||Season 44, Ep. 2
    Find out when English Colonists first settled in present day Salem including the original settlement’s name. Get to know Englishmen Roger Conant & John Endecott including their job roles. Learn about the Puritan’s as well as their religious beliefs. Discover what Salem refers to including the working relationship between Roger Conant & John Endecott. Go behind the scenes and learn about Puritan Migration Movement from 1620-1640. Determine if all Puritans who came into New England got accepted for what they believed in religious wise. Discover what unique military achievement being the first of its kind took place in Salem come December 13, 1636. Get an in depth analysis behind differences between those people living in Salem Town versus Salem Village. Determine what types of political and social divisions did Salem Village Residents contend with and whether or not the community as a whole was immune to conflict from within. Get a timeline of events involving Salem Village beginning from 1672 into May 1693. Get an understanding of where Salem’s Population stood by 1770 including the unique history behind why it was such an important port city. Learn exactly what the 1765 Stamp Act required Britain’s Subject’s, 13 Colonies, to pay tax on including people of Salem’s responses. Determine if peace itself was short lived following Parliament’s repeal of 1765 Stamp Act. Get an understanding about Boston Non Importation Agreement of 1768 including how Salem’s Merchants responded.
  • 1. Conflict’s Inevitably Following French & Indian War’s Outcome

    50:08||Season 44, Ep. 1
    Agree if it’s fair to say that conflict amongst people of two or more parties has been a permanent fixture since ancient civilization times. Go behind the scenes and discover how conflict onto itself proved inevitable after 7 Years War ended in 1763. Understand how emerging victoriously in time of war can either unite or divide an imperial nation’s people even if they reside miles away. Get a glimpse into what life would be like for Britain’s subjects across the ocean in a Post 7 Years War Era regarding direct representation and consent. Learn how one common grievance has often stood out above all others involving colonists direct opposition towards Parliament. Go behind the scenes and learn how one particular Parliamentary legislative measure enacted in 1764 had adverse impacts on her subjects most notably within the New England Region. Decide if it’s fair to agree that Boston, Massachusetts has often been labeled as the cradle of American Independence. Get acquainted with Magazine Houses aka Armories and understand their importance. Discover how far back Gunpowder itself dates back including the three vital components behind making substance. Learn how Loyalists & Patriots went about defining gunpowder from a possession standpoint. Learn before us that the story we’ll be embarking upon involving gunpowder doesn’t take place in Boston, but instead just north of the state capital. Get an understanding behind what unfolded between September-December 1774 involving gunpowder raids per both sides. Get an in depth analysis behind what unraveled in Salem, Massachusetts, February 26, 1775, including what’s required to better understand this forgotten story.
  • 13. Epilogue To Great Lakes Lighthouses

    01:22:42||Season 43, Ep. 13
    Go behind the scenes and learn how French Civil Engineer Augustin Jean Fresnel invented Fresnel Lenses. Determine exactly just how many lighthouses remain active along the Great Lakes including total number which still retain their Fresnel Lenses. Learn about various achievements which U.S. Lighthouse Board made during its nearly 60 Years in existence. Discover which organization replaced U.S. Lighthouse Board in year 1910 including its overseer along with accomplishments made. Figure out exactly how many women at best served as lighthouse keepers including assistants. Find out which state has the highest number of female lighthouse keepers. Understand exactly why one particular Great Lake has often been said to never give up her dead. Go behind the scenes and discover where the tallest lighthouse happens to be located on the Great Lakes. Get a breakdown behind each Great Lake’s history involving shipwrecks including the one that claims home to more wrecks than all the others. Agree if it’s fair to say that the Great Lakes remain to this day a challenging environment for shipping in general. Get an understanding behind why people can’t dive to the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck site including the whereabouts of SS Arthur M. Anderson, last ship that communicated directly with the “Mighty Fitz” on November 10, 1975. Understand importance behind two key purposes which lighthouses serve along Great Lakes and elsewhere.
  • 12. Year 1957, Building The Biggest Laker Yet To Navigate Great Lakes Waterways

    01:28:46||Season 43, Ep. 12
    Learn how an insurance company come year 1957 went about investing in more than just natural resources. Discover which insurance company sought to invest money into having a ship who could navigate safely through the nearly completed Saint Lawrence Seaway. Determine if this ship which was officially completed in 1958 became the first laker built to meet Saint Lawrence Seaway’s maximum length requirements. Get an understanding of what deadweight capacity refers to including long tons as well as a unique commodity called taconite. Learn various unique nicknames that this grand ship got called. Discover how this ship set many records while experiencing a particular series of ups and downs between 1969-1974. Get an idea of just how long Lakers were intended to last age wise. Determine exactly just how many round trips had this large ship made by November 1975. Go behind the scenes and study timeline from November 9-11, 1975 involving this particular laker including what followed in the days, months, and years afterwards.
  • 11. Duluth, MN & Superior, WI, Lake Superior’s Westernmost Cities

    01:24:03||Season 43, Ep. 11
    Figure out how many lighthouses Lake Superior has total including Michigan’s Upper Peninsula’s rise to economic stardom following admittance into Union after 1837. Learn everything there is possible about the Apostle Islands including a European Historian who was responsible for giving them their official title. Discover if there are any lighthouses stationed around the Apostle Islands. Learn what year the first lighthouse got lit on Lake Superior’s Shores. Discover exactly why Whitefish Point got labeled with an odd title to figuring out how many ships total have met tragic fates. Learn exactly where the Stannard Rock Reef is located and for whom was responsible in discovering an underwater mountain. Agree if Stannard Rock Light is considered to be the farthest of all lighthouses in the U.S. including whether or not the light itself remains in use come present day time. Get an in depth analysis review behind the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota-Superior, Wisconsin, Lake Superior’s Westernmost Cities. Go behind the scenes and learn everything about Split Rock Lighthouse from time it was built in 1910 to what had taken place five years earlier come November 1905.