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Sixteen years after we left him, the Marquess of Rockingham is back. After North failed to pacify the colonies with either diplomacy or force, Rockingham was once again offered the reins of government. But before he would take the job, he had one condition: America would be independent. The Whigs were back in charge with a decade's worth of reforms ready to go. But would Rockingham's second act be the start of a new Whig era, or just a brief interruption? Featuring John & Rob from Prime Time (www.primetimepod.com) performing our Picture This: Lord Rockingham in… The Adventure of the Cragg Vale Coiners! Join the Discussion: We want to hear your ranking! Find us on BlueSky at @primefactorspod.bsky.social Support the Show: If you enjoyed our show, please leave us a rating or review on your podcast app. It helps others find us and makes Abram very excited.

The tea is in the harbor and the drums of war are beating. Frederick North takes on his greatest challenge as the American colonists rebel, transforming a politician more at home in the Treasury into the architect of Britain's colonial campaign. We know how the story ends, but we have a more important question: Was it his fault? Join the Discussion: We want to hear your ranking! Find us on BlueSky at @primefactorspod.bsky.social Support the Show: If you enjoyed our show, please leave us a rating or review on your podcast app. It helps others find us and makes Abram very excited.

British troops controlled Boston, but the city's almost island-like geography made it more a prison than a staging-ground. Desperate to break out, they crossed the water to storm the heights of Charlestown — where colonial militia had dug in overnight — in the clash we call the Battle of Bunker Hill. I tell Abram the tale as our second bedtime story. Join the Discussion: We want to hear your ranking! Find us on BlueSky at @primefactorspod.bsky.social Support the Show: If you enjoyed our show, please leave us a rating or review on your podcast app. It helps others find us and makes Abram very excited.

Listen, my podcast subscribers, and you shall hear… Joe tucks Abram in with a true history bedtime story: the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere — the real one, arrest and all. The first of three little Boston "minisodes" leading up to Frederick North, Part 3, and the American Revolution. Join the Discussion: We want to hear your ranking! Find us on BlueSky at @primefactorspod.bsky.social Support the Show: If you enjoyed our show, please leave us a rating or review on your podcast app. It helps others find us and makes Abram very excited.

After a period of relative peace in the colonies, the dominoes falling to revolution started not in Boston, but in India, where British mismanagement led to famine and ruin, with economic ripples around the empire. Seeking to prevent a disaster, Lord North's Tea Act gave the East India Company a monopoly... and the American colonists a target to strike. It was time to throw a tea party.  Join the Discussion: We want to hear your ranking! Find us on BlueSky at @primefactorspod.bsky.social Support the Show: If you enjoyed our show, please leave us a rating or review on your podcast app. It helps others find us and makes Abram very excited.