Everything History Podcast

The Estates General finally begins and from the beginning it fails to live up to the expectations to French people had. Listen to how the Three Estates and the King attempted to bypass the political gridlock. In June the delegates of the Third Estate create their own body, the National Assembly. Make sure to listen to learn how the National Assembly, with the help of the people, was made the national legislature of France by the King himself.

During this episode people of the Third Estate demand change. They demand double the representation at the Estates General, which was set to convene in May 1789. Will they get it? Listen to find out how the elections for the Estates General go, and also learn about the horrible winter of 1788-89 as well the Reveillon Riots.

With Episode Seven of Everything History the French Revolution is approaching fast. In this episode King Louis XVI attempts a last ditch effort to reform the Kingdom of France. The monarch is opposed on all sides and the situation only worsens as the summer of 1788 drags on. In August the King agrees to convene the Estates-General as France slides, increasingly quickly, towards a complete collapse.

This is the tale of the French Revolution of 1789 that overthrew the French Old Regime, or the Ancien Régime. Episode six takes us through the early days before the revolution had begun. In this episode you will learn why France's society was buckling. Follow along as King Louis XVI and his trusted ministers attempt to pass a series of recovery reforms.

Everything History now shifts its focus to the French Revolution of 1789. Want to know why it occurred in the first place? That is exactly what this episode does, it explains exactly why France exploded into social anarchy in 1789. Havea listen!

Want to hear an explanation of the military campaigns of the American Revolution? This is the episode for you! Part Three is a conclusion of Everything History's explanation of the American Revolution. The episode covers the War of Independence/Revolutionary War from April of 1775 to the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Have a listen and learn how the United States earned its independence through bloodshed.

Want to learn why war broke out between America and Great Britain? Then listen to Part Two of the American Revolution where the story picks up where it left off after the Boston Massacre in March of 1770. This episode will take us through the escalation in the American colonies from 1770 to May of 1775. It begins with discontent in 1770 and ends with the beginning of the War of Independence/Revolutionary War by the summer of 1775!

In this episode I take on the beginning of the American Revolution. This is first of two episodes on the American Revolution. The causes of the separation are varied and I begin as the 7 Years' War is winding down throughout the world in the year 1761. This episode covers the events and growing tension between Great Britain and the American Colonies from 1761-1770. Come back for part two to learn what spurred America to declare independence and exactly how the War of Independence was won.