With officials in Boston unable to control the people and enforce the law, Secretary of State Hillsborough decides enough is enough and orders four regiments of British regulars to occupy the town. Radical colonists debate resisting the troops by force of arms, but decide in the end to back down. Instead, they simply send protests to London. Locals harass the soldiers at every opportunity, and make the occupation as difficult as possible. The Navy attempts to impress (force) local sailors into the fleet, leading to the death of a British officer from those resisting impressment. Gov. Bernard is recalled to London and will never return, leaving Lt. Governor Hutchinson in charge. Leading radical James Otis suffers an attack that leads to mental instability and his eventual withdrawal from politics.
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Episode 075 Continental Congress Autumn 1775
Episode 074 Occupied Boston 1775
Episode 073 Siege of Boston, Autumn Edition
Episode 072 Siege of St. Jean
Episode 071 Britain Prepares to Crush a Rebellion
Episode 070 Ousted Governors and Bermuda Powder Raid
Episode 069: The South Joins the War
Episode 068 Congress' Olive Branch Petition
Episode 067: Washington Takes Command
Episode 066: The British Take Bunker Hill
Episode 065: The Provincials Occupy Bunker Hill
Episode 064: The Second Continental Congress Begins
Episode 063 Buzzard's Bay and Machias
Episode 062: The Three Headed Cerberus in Boston
Episode 061: The Battle of Chelsea Creek
Episode 060: Securing Lake Champlain
Episode 059: Taking Fort Ticonderoga
Episode 058: Slavery and Liberty
Episode 057: Regulars and Provincials
Episode 056: The Shot Heard 'Round the World
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