162 Dunmore's New World: The Revolution and the British Empire

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

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

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🗓️ 28 November 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

What did British imperial officials in London and their North America-based representatives make of the American Revolution?

In this episode, we explore the American Revolution through the eyes of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, a British imperial official who served the empire in North America before, during, and after the American Revolution.

James Corbett David, author of Dunmore’s New World: The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America, serves as our guide for this exploration.

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0:00.0	Support for Ben Franklin's World and the Doing History to the Revolution series comes from the
0:05.3	Omaha Institute and Hello Fresh.
0:10.0	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World.
0:11.3	Podcast about Early American History with Liz Covert.
0:16.1	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.
0:21.6	Ben Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted
0:26.1	and shaped our present day world.
0:28.6	And now here's your host, Liz Koval.
0:31.0	Hello and welcome to episode 162 of Ben Franklin's world
0:36.0	the podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our
0:40.8	early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:45.1	What did British Imperial officials in London and the representatives in North America
0:49.3	make of the American Revolution?
0:51.6	Although we've explored the Revolution from many different viewpoints throughout the Doing History
0:55.6	to the Revolution series, thus far, many of our diverse viewpoints have really been from
1:00.4	the vantage point of the Revolution's. So in this episode we're going to change
1:05.8	our point of view and explore the American Revolution through the eyes of an imperial official.
1:11.1	John Murray, the fourth row of Dunmore, who served British Imperial
1:14.6	interests in North America before, during, and after the American Revolution.
1:19.0	Our guide for this exploration is James Corbett David,
1:23.2	a historian in Strategic Communications Consultant in Washington, D.C.
1:27.3	who wrote the book, Dunmore's New World,
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