119 Steve Pincus, The Heart of the Declaration
Ben Franklin's World
Liz Covart
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🗓️ 31 January 2017
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia moved that the Second Continental Congress resolve “that these United Colonies are, and of right out to be, free and independent States…”
The Second Continental Congress adopted Lee’s motion and on June 11, 1776, it appointed a committee to draft a declaration of independence.
Today, Steve Pincus, the Bradford Durfee Professor of History at Yale University and author of The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government, leads us on an investigation of the Declaration of Independence and the context in which the founders drafted it.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Ben Franklin's world is brought to you by Cornell University Press. |
| 0:05.0 | If you're looking for an introduction to Eastern Native American societies and their interactions with colonial settlers, |
| 0:10.0 | you should be sure to check out Julie Fisher and David Silverman's |
| 0:13.2 | Ninnigrid, satchem of the Noyantics and Aragansets. |
| 0:16.1 | The Noyantic and Neregansa Indians live in the area we now know is Rhode Island |
| 0:20.6 | and Ninnigret served as their satchem from the mid-1630s through the mid-1670s. |
| 0:26.0 | In fact, he was the most influential New England Indian leader of his time. |
| 0:30.5 | As Fisher and Silverman argue in their book, he was a cross-cultural power broker who stood as the key to the balance of power in both Indian colonial and intertribal relations. |
| 0:40.0 | Plus, Ninnigret lived a fascinating life. |
| 0:42.6 | By forming alliances with powerful peoples, |
| 0:45.0 | such as the Mohawks of the Five Nation Indians |
| 0:47.5 | or the Puckmatucks of the Connecticut River Valley, |
| 0:50.1 | Ninnigret established the Neregenset peoples |
| 0:52.3 | as a major regional power who stood at the center of almost every major development involving Southern New England Indians, like the Piquot War and King Phillips War. Reviewers have praised an |
| 1:03.2 | integrate satchaum of the Noyantics and Aragansets as an excellent study of |
| 1:06.9 | southern New England's politics and diplomacy and is a must read for |
| 1:10.6 | anyone interested in colonial in Native American history. |
| 1:14.0 | Presently, this book is available in hardcover, but Cornell University Press is now taking |
| 1:19.1 | pre-orders for a paperback version that will release in April. |
| 1:22.5 | Be sure to visit Ben Franklin's World.com |
| 1:25.0 | slash Cornell for more information about this book |
| 1:27.5 | and be sure to use your discount code of 0-9 BFW |
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