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Hello and welcome to episode 325 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.

And I'm your host, Liz Covard.

What do we know about the American Revolution?

Why is it important that we see the Revolution as a political event, a war, a time of social

and economic reform, and as a time of violence and upheaval?

Woody Holton, a professor of history at the University of South Carolina, and an award-winning

historian who specializes in the history of the American Revolution, joins us to explore

and discuss answers to these very questions.

Now Woody has just published a massive book about the Revolution.

It's called Liberty is Sweet, the hidden history of the American Revolution.

And between this book's two covers, Woody presents the Revolution as a political event,

a war, a time of social and economic reform, and as a time of violence and upheaval.

In Liberty is Sweet, Woody does his best to present the Revolution and all of its events

together so that we can better see the Revolution and its participants.

And that's not a small task.

Now as we explore the Revolution, Woody reveals what Woody sees as the primary cause of

the American Revolution.

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