American Revolution | Tis' Time to Part | 2

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges faced by George Washington in unifying colonial militias into a national army during the American Revolution.

In the aftermath of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, colonial militiamen converged on Boston to confront the veteran British Army. But over the next six months, newly appointed commander-in-chief George Washington struggled to transform a patchwork of amateur militias into a unified national army. As the conflict wore on, Americans debated whether to escalate the fight and take the unprecedented step of declaring their independence. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• American Revolution
• George Washington
• military history
• colonial America
• independence
• militia

Keywords

• American Revolution
• George Washington
• militia
• independence
• Boston
• Battles of Lexington and Concord

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Boston

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