144 The Common Cause of the American Revolution

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

Earlyrepublic, History, Benfranklin, Society & Culture, Warforindependence, Earlyamericanrepublic, Earlyamericanhistory, Education, Colonialamerica, Americanrevolution, Ushistory, Benjaminfranklin

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🗓️ 25 July 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

How do you get people living in thirteen different colonies to come together and fight for independence?

What ideas and experiences would even unite them behind the fight?

Patriot leaders asked themselves these very questions, especially as the American Revolution turned from a series of political protests against imperial policies to a bloody war for independence. What’s more, Patriot leaders also asked themselves once we find these ideas and experiences, how do we use them to unite the American people?

Robert Parkinson, an Assistant Professor of History at Binghamton University and author of the award-winning book, The Common Cause: Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution, has some ideas for how patriot leaders answered these questions.

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0:58.3	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World.
1:02.3	Podcast about early American history with Liz Covert.
1:06.0	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.
1:11.0	Ben Franklin's world will introduce you
1:14.1	to historical people and events
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1:22.0	Hello, and welcome to episode 144 of Ben Franklin's World.
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