Episode 11: The Resistance

10/22/24 • 76 min

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With the Stamp Act defeated, the Sons of Liberty in New York City celebrate by raising a Liberty Pole in tribute to George III, William Pitt, and Liberty, provoking a violent confrontation with British soldiers quartered in the city's barracks, who see the wooden mast as a monument to mob rule and a symbol of sedition.

Featuring: Wendy Bellion, Shira Lurie, Jon Kukla, Patrick Griffin, Brad Jones, Christopher Minty, and John McCurdy

Voice Actors: Adam Smith, Melissa Gismondi, Mills Kelly, Nate Sleeter, Anne Fertig, and Dan Howlett.

Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske.

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This episode was made possible with support from the McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution at Siena College.

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Featuring: Wendy Bellion, Shira Lurie, Jon Kukla, Patrick Griffin, Brad Jones, Christopher Minty, and John McCurdy

Voice Actors: Adam Smith, Melissa Gismondi, Mills Kelly, Nate Sleeter, Anne Fertig, and Dan Howlett.

Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske.

Music by Artlist.io

This episode was made possible with support from the McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution at Siena College.

Find the official transcript here.

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Worlds Turned Upside Down is a production of R2 Studios at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

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In the mid-1760s, British fears that a new war with France was only a matter of time leads King George III and his ministers to draw up plans for a permanent army in North America, and a Stamp Tax on the colonies to pay for it, sparking massive protests in British America and beyond.

Featuring: Jon Kukla, Patrick Griffin, Brad Jones, Abby Chandler, Alexandra Montgomery, Wendy Bellion, and Cassandra Britt Farrell.

Voice Actors: Adam Smith, Beau Robbins and Mills Kelly.

Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske.

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In the wake of the Stamp Act Crisis, the British chart a new course for empire in North America by imposing taxes on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea, pitting British Americans against Parliament...and each other.

Featuring: Patrick Griffin, Zara Anishanslin, Rosemarie Zagarri, and Christopher Minty.

Voice Actors: Adam Smith, Melissa Gismondi, Grace Mallon, Jeanette Patrick, Anne Fertig, Hayley Madl, Alexandra Miller, Beau Robbins, Norman Rodger, Kathryn Gehred, and Evan McCormick.

Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske.

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This episode was made possible with support from an anonymous friend of R2 Studios and George Mason University.

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Worlds Turned Upside Down - Episode 11: The Resistance

Transcript

Jim Ambuske00:00:00.419

This episode of Worlds Turned Upside Down is supported by the McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution at Siena College. Learn how you can support the series at rstudios.org. The dawn of a new day broke on the morning of May 21, 1766 to the sound of church bells ringing throughout New York City. Only a day earlier, news had arrived from Boston and Philadelphia of the Stamp Act’s repeal, sending young boys racing through the s