246 BFW Road Trip: Château de Ramezay

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Did Canada almost join the American Revolution? Bruno Paul Stenson, a historian and musicologist with the Château de Ramezay historic site in Montréal, joins us to discuss how the American Revolution played out in Canada. This episode originally posted as Episode 041. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/246 Sponsor Links Omohundro Institute The Ben Franklin's World Shop Complementary Episodes Episode 037: Kathleen DuVal, Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution Episode 038: Carolyn Harris, Magna Carta & Its Gifts to North America Episode 039: Eric Nelson, The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding Episode 040: Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon, For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789 Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin’s WorldTwitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of the
0:02.5	O'Mahandro Institute.
0:04.0	Hello and welcome to
0:07.0	to
0:10.0	and welcome to episode 246 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:17.0	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.
0:25.1	And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.
0:28.0	Summer is here and it's a time that many people relish.
0:31.2	They enjoy the warm weather, spending time on the beach, and personally? I enjoy the
0:35.7	seasonal excuse to eat fried clams. For many, summer is also a time to slow down and enjoy a vacation,
0:41.6	possibly even a good long road trip.
0:44.0	You know, speaking of road trips, my parents took my brother and I on lots of road trips when we were kids.
0:50.0	Sometimes we'd sit out in our car from New Hampshire and drive southwest and north.
0:54.4	Other times we'd fly into a distan area of the United States
0:57.6	and then drive around for a week or so we could see new things.
1:00.8	And in grad school, I even had the opportunity to drive entirely across the country, from
1:06.0	New Hampshire to California.
1:07.9	And that was a fun trip.
1:09.8	Tim and I took a month to do it, and we saw so many sites along the way. So I speak from experience when I say that road trips can be a lot of fun.
1:18.5	They're a chance to see new places, experience new and different American cultures, and a chance to take in new and
1:25.5	different American histories. That's why over the next four episodes we're
1:29.8	going to take a road trip together right through Ben Franklin's world.
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