Thomas Jefferson (History Channel)

[odanny]

Programming alert:

A new series on our 3rd President is about to start at this evening 8:00 PM EST.

THC will air these two epsiodes this evening.

Ep. 1 - A Revolutionary is Born (1743-1773)

Ep. 2 - Independance (1774-1776)

 

[pknopp]

Looks like you can stream it the next day if you miss it.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I saw this preview but had forgotten about it.

I wonder how much they'll get right or if it'l be just a lot of spin.

 

[odanny]

I saw this preview but had forgotten about it.

I wonder how much they'll get right.

He'll get deconstructed and they will gloss over his brilliance in order to spend more time discussing his indiscretions.

If it tracks more closely to the way they presented Lincoln I'll be very pleased, as they did great on him, but he didn't have the same baggage.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

I saw this preview but had forgotten about it.

I wonder how much they'll get right or if it'l be just a lot of spin.

I'll bet they lie their asses off to be politically correct.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I saw that these were coming on back to back at 10:00 last night. Was laying on the couch, waiting for em to come on at like a quarter of, but ended up knocking, so I missed em.

Seeing the thread again, I was like, damn, I missed em...

 

[odanny]

So I learned that Lord Dunmore, of the Colonial government that the King installed in 1775 after abolishing the state government in Virgina, offered up the Dunmore Proclamation , urging slaves to revolt and fight for their freedom and they would have the support of the Crown. He didn't do this out of benevolence, he did it out of desperation.

In 1775, a good many Loyalists were quite content to stay under the Crown, as they had deep ties to the old country and wished things to to remain as they were, but Dunmore's Proclamation was a bridge too far. That pushed them into the camp with the Patriots.

How might different had things have been had he have never said this? Would the support for the Crown continued on past 1775 amongst a good number of colonists who instead joined the revolution?

 

[pknopp]

So I learned that Lord Dunmore, of the Colonial government that the King installed in 1775 after abolishing the state government in Virgina, offered up the Dunmore Proclamation , urging slaves to revolt and fight for their freedom and they would have the support of the Crown. He didn't do this out of benevolence, he did it out of desperation.

In 1775, a good many Loyalists were quite content to stay under the Crown, as they had deep ties to the old country and wished things to to remain as they were, but Dunmore's Proclamation was a bridge too far. That pushed them into the camp with the Patriots.

How might different had things have been had he have never said this? Would the support for the Crown continued on past 1775 amongst a good number of colonists who instead joined the revolution?

One could also ask how things would have turned out if the slaves took him up on his offer. Most slaves likely had no idea.

 

[hondo 50]

"History" Channel. lmao