The Gunpowder Plot: How America Almost Lost the Revolution

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The Gunpowder Plot: How America Almost Lost the Revolution

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Before the Continental Army could fight, it needed gunpowder — and in 1775, the colonies had almost none. This episode follows the desperate scramble to arm the rebellion: from the secret gunpowder smuggling ring run by Robert Morris and Silas Deane, to the French shipments disguised as trade goods, to the crucial role of the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius. We explore how a single British blockade runner, the 'Don Francisco', brought 200 tons of powder to Philadelphia just days before the Battle of Trenton. And we look at the home front, where women boiled saltpeter from cellar floors and children gathered urine for gunpowder production. The war was won before a single musket ball was fired — in the warehouses of merchants and the holds of ships. #AmericanRevolution #Gunpowder #RobertMorris #SilasDeane #StEustatius #BlockadeRunning #Saltpeter #ContinentalArmy #GeorgeWashington #Trenton #FrenchAid #DutchCaribbean #DonFrancisco #GunpowderPlot #History #FexingoHistory #WarSupplies #HomeFront Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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