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Welcome to Ben Franklin's World.

Podcasts About Early American History with Liz Kovart.

The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.

Ben 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 Colarn.

Hello and welcome to episode 159 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.

As we've heard throughout the Doing History to the Revolution series, there are many answers to the

question of what caused the American Revolution.

Some historians tell us that the revolution was caused by conflict and

change in the social order of colonial and British society. Some say it occurred

because of differences and ideas about governance and the roles that government should play in society.

Still other historians will tell us that the American Revolution happened because of the

economics of the British Empire.

That Great Britain dictated what goods the colonists could trade, how they could trade them,

and the taxes they needed to pay on the goods they imported, all without having an actual say in Parliament.

A lot of historians believe the economic factors of the American Revolution were really important, so we really need to explore them.

And that's what we're going to do over the next three episodes.

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