Ben Franklin's World and the Doing History to the Revolution series are productions of The

Omaha Institute and this episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus.

Welcome to Ben Franklin's World, a podcast 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 Koval.

Hello, and welcome to episode 165 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.

Between 1763 and 1848, many revolutions took place in North America, South America, the Caribbean, Africa, and in Europe.

So why is it that we only seem to remember three revolutions, the American Revolution,

the French Revolution, and the Haitian Revolution? And given that the American Revolution and the Haitian Revolution.

And given that the American Revolution took place before all of these other revolutions,

what was its role in influencing this larger period of revolutions?

Did it even influence this larger period? Our exploration

of what the American Revolution looked like within the larger period known as

the Age of revolutions continues. In episode 164, we stepped into the Caribbean to investigate the

successful Haitian Revolution and the unsuccessful revolution in Guadalupe

so that we could see the similarities, differences, and

connections they shared with the American Revolution. In this episode we'll spend most

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