fort duquesne is the hive they have to destroy. the only way to stop the raiding is to take over the fort. he wants to go on a mission. he wants to convince the new commander-in-chief lord loudoun. he writes a flattering letter to names his forte after loudoun. how the greatest generals and greatest men are delighted that you are now in charge. he goes to philadelphia, where loudoun is, and tries to set up a meeting. and loudoun is the commander-in-chief of the british army. this is like some random colonel trying to talk to the head of the joint chiefs of staff with an idea about what they should be doing. that typically is not the way that these decisions are made. so washington is put on ice. here he is cooling his jets for two weeks in philadelphia trying to get the attention of lord loudoun. he is finally allowed in to see him, and what does loudoun do. loudoun says i have no interest in hearing your ideas, young man. washington is only 24 at the time. from loudoun's point of view, he has very little experience in arms, and he

. >> on lectures in history, duquesne university president ken gormley each as a class on the constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of richard nixon and gerald ford. he focuses on the watergate investigation and questions of control over nixon's secretly recorded white house tapes, as well as issues surrounding ford's pardoning of nixon. they moved their classes online due to the coronavirus pandemic. video of the class is courtesy of the school. you can watch lectures in history every weekend on american history tv. we take you inside college classrooms to learn about topics ranging from the american revolution to 9/11. at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern on c-span three. >> we are ready to start. thanks for your patience and for logging into class remotely during this unpleasant time. -- unpleasant coronavirus situation, which will hopefully pass soon. i'm glad to see you are all well and have safely moved out of the dorms. i took a little walk through campus today. since we are social distancing here, dr. kristin kuby isn't here with me in the room, but she is on zoom vid

i did a program with benton becker at the chautauqua institution in new york, and also here at duquesne on the 40th anniversary of the pardon. those were the last two programs benton becker participated in. through his first-hand accounts, we have been able to piece together and better preserve this incredible sequence of events of what happened. we also have a contemporaneous memo that was lost in the archives of the gerald ford museum from 1974 detailing benton becker's first-hand accounts of everything he went through. so here's what we now know. within 20 four hours of nixon leaving the office, ford picked is --e phone and called h the former chief of staff, now ford's chief of staff, general alexander haig, and he says --nixon called haig and said "send those boxes out here." during his time in the white house, nixon had accumulated a huge storehouse of documents and these activated tapes in the white house that had been revealed during watergate. ofre were actually 900 reels tape, and literally thousands of boxes of documents. toldny, the secret service me they were afraid the fou

in various occasions, ultimately leading to a joint army freeing the fort duquesne at the forks of the ohio. rather than to go into all the details of the cooperation, what last is what they learn. because they learn the same lesson. from their work as the officers in charge of the militia, the respective colonies during the french and indian war, they learned similar lessons. first, they learned that the british had different objectives from their american colonist. the british wanted to keep the colonies divided and dependent, franklin concluded. and would readily tax them without representation. washington found the british willing -- unwilling to secure the front tier on, as it served their larger geopolitical interest. and after the colonists wanted, they took it back with a proclamation of 1776. 1763. second, franklin and washington learned that american colonists would always remain subordinate to their british counterparts. washington's bitter frustration with rankin confirmed it. he pleaded for royal commission that his brother had. without receiving one. and was compelled as

fort duquesne is the high that they have to destroy. and he knows that the only way to really stop the raiding then is to take over that fort, seize the forks of the ohio. so he wants to go on a mission, he wants to convince the new commander in chief, lord loudon, to make this assault on the ohio. and so what does he do? he writes a very flattering letter to lord lou done. he names his new fort after loudon, fort loudon. he writes a flattering letter about the greatest of generals and the greatest of men, we're so delighted you're now in charge, i look forward to my chance to meeting you. he actually goes to philadelphia, where loudon is, and tries to set up a meeting. and loudon, of course, you know, he's the commander in chief of the british army. this is like some random colonel trying to talk to the head of the joint chiefs of staff with an idea about what they should be doing. that typically is not way that these sorts of decisions are made. and so washington is put on ice, and here he is cooling his jets for two weeks in philadel

tonight on american history tv, duquesne university president teaches a class on constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of richard nixon and gerald ford. here is a preview. evidentre was that more than in the dramatic battle for the white house tapes. as you probably know from subpoenaedks, they those tapes to prove or just blue -- disprove nixon's complicity. his white house counsel said, listen to the tapes. nixon was talking about paying hush money. ellie richardson told me he met with nixon multiple times to calm his fears. he said archie cox would just as soon cut off his right arm then do anything improper or politically motivated. nixon just scowled at him from across the desk, because he assumed political motive in anything. x did not want a constitutional showdown. -- as to whether he did have the power to subpoena those tapes from the chief executive. most people do not realize this, but scholars at that time would have put their money on nixon in this battle. again, he had just won a major reelection victory, and the argument was, why should a spot -- speci

. >> on lectures in history, duquesne university president ken gormley each as a class on the constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of richard nixon and gerald ford. he focuses on the watergate investigation and questions of control over nixon's secretly recorded white house tapes, as well as issues surrounding

. >> on lectures in history, duquesne university president ken gormley each as a class on the constitutionals that arose during the presidencies of richard nixon and gerald ford. he focuses on the watergate investigation and questions of control over nixon's secretly recorded white house tapes, as ll

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. >>, on american history tv, duquesne university president teaches a class on constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of richard nixon and gerald ford. here is a preview. >> know where was that more evident than in the dramatic battle for the white house tapes. as you probably know from history books, they subpoenaed prove or disprove complicity in the cover-up. they include all of the potential defendants, who include dean. elliott richardson told me that nixon with nexen -- multiple times and set archie cox would just as soon cut off his right arm than do anything improper or politically motivated. nixon scouted him because he assumed political motives and everything. cox really did not want a constitutional showdown. he knew there was a legitimate question based on this notion of executive privilege as to whether he really did have the power to subpoena those tapes from the chief executive. those people don't realize this, but scholars would have put their money on nixon in this battle. he had just won a major reelection victory the argument was why should a spec

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