Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,

Podcast about Early American History with Liz Covert.

The study of history is key to understanding who we are

and how we can affect a better future.

Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present day world.

And now, here's your host, Liz Colart.

Hello and welcome to episode 76 of Ben Franklin's world.

The podcast dedicated to helping you,

learn more about how the people and events

of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.

Ahoy, I hope you're ready to consider a life at sea, because today we're going to explore maritime life during the age of revolutions.

So you better get your sea legs and time travel legs ready

because we're going back in time to between 1760 and 1815.

As we chart our course through what life was like for sailors,

during the late 18th and early 19th centuries,

we're also going to investigate

how early Americans and early modern Europeans thought about citizenship, because

citizenship and how to prove it was an important issue that many early American sailors

had to think about.

So as you can tell, we have a lot to explore today,

but that's okay because we have a very capable guide.

The captain for our exploration is Nathan Pearl Rosenthal, who, although he's not actually a sea captain,

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