Rebecca Nagel

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237 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 14 Jul

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Snap Judgment · Introducing "First America": How 250 Years of History Shaped Today's Political Moment · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

People who couldn't afford to buy private property often squatted on indigenous land. matched

Pioneers, frontiersmen, settlers, whatever you want to call them, were already living west of the king's line. matched

And there's this other thing about the king's concession to Pontiac the colonists don't like. matched

Peace. matched

You have to understand that the colonists have been at war with indigenous nations for most of their lives. matched

And now the king wants to make peace with their enemies. matched

To help cement peace with Pontiac, England arranges to bring gifts and supplies. matched

This was how diplomacy between indigenous nations and European powers worked back then. matched

The colonists organize a militia, basically a band of angry white men with guns, and attack the convoy. matched

They're not attacking indigenous people. matched

The black boys are attacking British troops. matched

So before the colonists are willing to die for lofty ideals like freedom and liberty and independence, they are willing to die to stop the crown from making peace with indigenous nations. matched

And we know why they are willing to die for this cause. matched

Because they wrote a song about it. matched

I asked Ned to read part of it for me. matched

Hating Indigenous people, seeing us as less than human, helps the colonists come together and form a unified identity. matched

It helped them come together to fight for independence. matched

We teach the origins of the American Revolution as this drumbeat of violence and protest happening in Boston over taxes. matched

But years before any of that, colonists are firing guns at British troops over native land. matched

Before I left Yale, I gave Ned a present. matched

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