Content warning: Discussion of slavery and racism.This episode takes one more look at another aspect of the American Revolution and how it impacted Canada through the role slavery played in the Revolution. I then discuss one of the aftermaths of the Revolution in the Black Loyalists.Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score SquadOutro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the SubhumansYou can reach me at:Email: [email protected] should not be used as a source:African Americans in the Revolutionary WarPhilipsburg ProclamationBlack LoyalistBlack PatriotDunmore's ProclamationUniversity of Google: Black Canadians | The Canadian EncyclopediaAfricans in America | Part 2 | The Revolutionary WarHow Enslaved Men Who Fought for the British Were Promised Freedom - HISTORYOur StoryTreaty of ParisEvacuation of New YorkBlack History Month... by the numbersCounterfactual Pots and Kettles: Woody Holton’s Disputed Claims about Lord Dunmore’s “Emancipation Proclamation” of 1775 and the American Revolution.Printed Material:Alan Gilbert - Black Loyalists and PatriotsPeter Bagge - Founding Fathers Funnies

This episode looks at the first attempt to create an Indian Barrier State as part of a containment strategy against the new United States by the British and other European powers.Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score SquadOutro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the SubhumansYou can reach me at:Email: [email protected] should not be used as a source:Indian barrier stateWestern theater of the American Revolutionary WarTreaty of Paris (1783)University of Google:The Indian Barrier State of 1812. During negotiations of the War of 1812… | by Todd Nelson | Lessons from History | MediumDreams of the Past: The Indian Barrier StateMax Farrand - "The Indian Boundary Line"

This episode centers around the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the role they played in the American Revolution as well as the ruinous effects that conflict had on the Confederacy and the Six Nations, before looking at possible counterfactuals.Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score SquadOutro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the SubhumansYou can reach me at:Email: [email protected] should not be used as a source:IroquoisSix Nations land cessionsTreaty of Canandaigua Great Law of PeaceUniversity of Google:Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) | The Canadian EncyclopediaMadam Sacho: How One Iroquois Woman Survived the American Revolution | The National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe Six Nations Confederacy During the American Revolution - Fort Stanwix National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)The Clinton-Sullivan Campaign of 1779 - Fort Stanwix National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)Printed Material:Barbara Graymont - The Iroquois in the American RevolutionHarry Turtledove & Richard Dreyfuss - The Two Georges

This one will probably be my longest Counterfactual Puck episode.It explores the life and times of Don Cherry and numerous counterfactuals that could have occurred during it.My own biased thoughts on Cherry begin around the 36-minute mark so you can turn the episode off then if you're not interested. You can reach me at:  Email: [email protected] you can look up:Don CherryDon Cherry NHL & WHA Hockey Coaching Record | Hockey-Reference.com'People tuned in to see how bad I was': Don Cherry reflects on Grapevine TV years in new book | CBC NewsEPISODE 197: Colorado "Rocky Hockey" - With Terry Frei — Good Seats Still AvailableColorado Rockies yearly attendance at hockeydb.comThree Little Words: Too Many Men | Longform - SI.comDon Cherry - GrapesJay Scherer & Lisa McDermott - "Don Cherry and the Cultural Politics of Rock'em Sock'em Nationalism" - in Fallen Sports Heroes, Media and Celebrity Culture

For this episode, I take a break from the American Revolution and jump back into the dismal science, economics, to look at the founding of the Northwest Company and its impact on the fur trade and Canada.Note: "HBC" abbreviation again stands for "Hudson's Bay Company" Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score SquadOutro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the SubhumansYou can reach me at:Email: [email protected] should not be used as a source:North West Company - WikipediaDavid Thompson (explorer) - WikipediaAlexander Mackenzie (explorer) - WikipediaUniversity of Google:Métis | The Canadian EncyclopediaNorth West Company | The Canadian EncyclopediaDaniels v. Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development) - SCC CasesPrinted Material:Jean Teillet - The North-West is our MotherOld-school printed material (problematic, but good as a source):Marjorie Wilkins Campbell - The Nor'westersKeith Wilson - The Fur Trade in Canada

Note: At about 26:34, I say French instead of British at one point - makes the sentence a little odd.This episode takes a more direct look at counterfactuals around the American Revolution, namely, the idea of the Americans losing, followed by the likelihood of a Second American Revolution taking place in one form or another.Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score SquadOutro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the SubhumansYou can reach me at:Email: [email protected] should not be used as a source:Battle of Long IslandBattles of SaratogaFor Want of a Nail (novel)American Revolutionary WarAmerican RevolutionPhiladelphia campaign University of Google:Sobel Wiki | FandomThe American Revolution - A Captivating Guide to the American Revolution War and the United States of America's Struggle for Independence from Great BritainPrinted Material:Robert Sobel - For Want of a NailDavid McCullough - "What the Fog Wrought" - What If?Thomas Fleming - "Unlikely Victory" - What If?Robert Conroy - Liberty 1784

This episode takes a look at the almost move of the St Louis Blues to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1983. I go over the history of the whole thing and then wonder about the different directions it could have taken. You can reach me at:  Email: [email protected] you can look up:PHT Time Machine: When Blues skipped NHL draft | ProHockeyTalk | NBC SportsThe NHL faces the antitrust Blues | Maclean's | JUNE 6, 1983N.H.L. Settles Antitrust Suit - The New York TimesBill Hunter (ice hockey)St. Louis BluesSaskatoon, Canada Metro Area Population 1950-2021 | MacroTrendsThe Saskatoon Blues: The Story - St. Louis Game TimeThe big one that got away: Blues were bought, the deal done, but then NHL intervened (May 17, 2008) | Saskatoon StarPhoenixSt. Louis Blues hockey team statistics and history at hockeydb.comStephen Laroche - Changing the Game

Hopefully this is the start of a regular schedule for this podcast again, but we'll see. Might be able to get out a Counterfactual Puck episode in the next week or two.This episode has an overview of the War of the American Revolution followed by counterfactuals that focus mainly on Canada in addition to one big-picture scenario about Britain.Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score SquadOutro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the SubhumansYou can reach me at:Email: [email protected] should not be used as a source:American Revolutionary WarAmerican RevolutionInvasion of Quebec (1775)Armada of 1779Treaty of Paris (1783)University of Google:Initial Impact of the Revolution on Newfoundland7.4 Revolutionary British America – Canadian History: Pre-ConfederationThe American Revolution - A Captivating Guide to the American Revolution War and the United States of America's Struggle for Independence from Great BritainPrinted Material:Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy - The Men Who Lost AmericaBarbara Tuchman - The Last SaluteThomas Fleming - "Unlikely Victory", What If?

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of residential schools and genocide.  This is just an update on where this podcast is right now, and how I'm hoping to get some more episodes up in the near future.  I then make a quick note of recent news in Canada around the discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous children and the continuing impact and legacy of the genocidal residential school program.  Remains of 215 children found buried at former B.C. residential school, First Nation says | CBC News Kamloops Indian Residential School Sask. First Nation announces discovery of 751 unmarked graves near former residential school | CBC News Reports - NCTR Where are the Children buried?

Sorry for the delay on this one. Reorganizing our house changed up my recording space and I've not been happy with the way my audio has sounded since. This one still isn't perfect in my opinion, but I think I managed to make it work (other than the birdsong in the beginning).This episode is another No Canada one as I recap the prelude to the American Revolution and then discuss how it could have been avoided from even happening in the first place.The next few episodes will look at the American Revolution and its impact on Canada from a couple of different angles.Opening Theme: "Another Place" by Score SquadOutro: From "Oh Canaduh" by Nomeansno, covering the SubhumansYou can reach me at:Email: [email protected] should not be used as a source:American Revolutionary WarAmerican RevolutionIntolerable ActsUniversity of Google:What we get wrong about taxes and the American Revolution | PBS NewsHourProclamation of 1763 - Definition, Facts & Significance - HISTORYPrinted Material:Harry Turtledove & Richard Dreyfuss - The Two GeorgesColin Calloway - The Scratch of a PenCaleb Carr - "William Pitt the Elder and the Avoidance of the American Revolution", What Ifs of American History