Episode 17: The Tyranny
Worlds Turned Upside Down
In the wake of the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passes a series of coercive and intolerable acts to punish the tea destroyers and bring order to British America.
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Episode 16: The Tea
Worlds Turned Upside Down
British Americans' unquenchable thirst for tea and a looming financial disaster for the East India Company leads to a new crisis in North America when seven tea-laden ships are sent to the colonies in 1773, inspiring Bostonians to dump much of the cargo in Boston Harbor. Featuring: Benjamin Carp, James Fichter, Deepthi Murali, and Mary Beth Norton. Voice Actors: Craig Gallagher, Margaret Hughes, Grace Mallon, Norman Rodger, Annabelle Spencer, and John Turner. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by This episode was made possible with support from a 2024 grant from the National Endowment...
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Episode 15: The Heavens Fall
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The detainment of a West African-born enslaved Virginian named James Somerset in London leads to a court case decided by England's most powerful judge that challenges the foundations of slavery in the British Empire. Featuring: Christopher Brown, Trevor Burnard, Julie Flavell, and Chernoh Sesay, Jr. Voice Actors: Amber Pelham, Anne Fertig, Gillian MacDonald, Norman Roger, Craig Gallagher, and Adam McNeil. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by This episode was made possible with support from a 2024 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities. Help other listeners find...
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Episode 14: The Corruption
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Months after the Boston Massacre, British Americans calling themselves "Regulators" launch a rebellion in western North Carolina that threatens to engulf the colony in revolution and civil war. Featuring: Abby Chandler, Marjoleine Kars, Cynthia Kierner, and Nathan Schultz. Voice Actors: Sarah Donelson, Evan McCormick, Norman Rodger, John Terry, and Peter Walker. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by This episode was made possible with support from a 2024 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities. Help other listeners find the show by leaving a 5-Star Rating and Review on...
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Episode 13: The Massacre
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In response to rioting and protests over the Townshend Acts, the British deploy four regiments to Boston, leading to a deadly shooting on March 5, 1770, a massacre that wounds a family. Featuring: Serena Zabin and John McCurdy. Voice Actors: Anne Fertig, Grace Mallon, Evan McCormick, Adam McNeil, and Nate Sleeter. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by This episode was made possible with support from Richard H. Brown and Mary Jo Otsea. Find the official transcript . Help other listeners find the show by leaving a 5-Star Rating and Review on , , , or our . Follow the series on or ....
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Episode 12: The Conspiracy
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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. Music by This episode was made possible with support from an...
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Episode 11: The Resistance
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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. Music by This episode was...
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Episode 10: The Stamp
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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. Music by Find the official transcript . Help other listeners find the show by leaving a...
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Episode 9: The Sugar
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In the 1760s, Jamaica and the islands of the British Caribbean were the crown jewels of Britain's American Empire. And as King George III's ministers searched for solutions to a vexing imperial puzzle and moved to counter a pernicious threat in the aftermath of the Seven Years' War, they looked west from London, to the islands of sugar. Featuring: Trevor Burnard, Abby Chandler, Mary Draper, Jon Kukla, Andrew O’Shaughnessy, and Brooke Newman. Voice Actors: Anne Fertig, Norman Rodger, Dan Howlett, Nate Sleeter, and Beau Robbins. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske Music by Find the official...
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Episode 8: The Trade
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At the dawn of a new era after the Seven Years’ War, British officials envision commerce and colonies as the key to British independence and its rising glory, but trade in commodities and manufactured goods comes at an awful price. Featuring: Emma Hart, Scott Miller, Ann Smart Martin, Hannah Knox Tucker, Hannah Farber, and Zara Anishanslin Voice Actors: Anne Fertig and Adam Smith Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske Find the official transcript . Music by Help other listeners find the show by leaving a 5-Star Rating and Review on , , , or our . Follow the series on or . Worlds Turned Upside...
info_outlineIn 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.
Music by Artlist.io
This episode was made possible with support from an anonymous friend of R2 Studios and George Mason University.
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