Ben Franklin's world in the Doing History to the Revolution series are productions of the

Omaha Institute. The red coats are

coats are marching the regulars are coming out turn out

I think the American Revolution is certainly a transformative moment in which a place goes from being a colony

with competing empires, indigenous and British, to an independent nation with many

competing nations within it, things separate.

The American Revolution, well obviously it is the founding moment of the United States and that's a really important part of it and I think the

founding of the United States is itself revolutionary, but the American Revolution also marks a new moment in popular government.

And so it's also about allowing new people into the story of how we're going to govern ourselves.

You know, there have been histories of the revolution from the time the revolution happened,

and they've been going on ever since. I'm going to Hello and welcome to episode 166 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. The mission of the Doing History to the

Revolution series has been to explore not just the history of the

Revolution but the histories of the Revolution. To fulfill this mission we

explored well-known events from different perspectives.

Events like the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's Ride, and the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.

And as we explored these events, we asked ourselves,

what do we really know about these events and why do we know what we know about them?

These questions led us to investigate our sources of information.

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