347. The American Revolution (Part 1)

The Rest Is History

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🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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“America, late the strength, now the foe to Britain, dismembered, torn, I fear forever lost to England, whence she sprung.”

The American Revolution came about due to growing tensions between the American colonies and Great Britain, primarily over issues of taxation and representation. It led to the birth of the United States of America, established upon Enlightenment principles of liberal democracy and constitutionalism. In the first episode of our four part series, Tom and Dominic are joined by Professor Adam Smith for a detailed look at the beginnings of the American Revolution, as they examine the background to the war, and how both religious fervour and the implementation of colonial taxes fuelled the conflict.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to the Rest is History. For bonus episodes, early access, add free
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0:19.4	So Tom, this is a landmark week for you, isn't it? Because it marks the publication of
0:29.7	your thrilling, beautifully written, unbelievably exciting and riveting book, Pax, which is
0:37.4	the latest in your Titanic series of history of the Roman world. Is that enthusiastic enough
0:42.3	for you, Tom?
0:43.3	That is enthusiastic enough. And I should tell listeners that I prepped Dominic that he
0:47.3	wasn't allowed to sound ironic, skeptical or dubious at all about this book. So Pax,
0:53.7	War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age, it's about the heyday of the Roman Empire. It's got
0:59.2	the Coliseum being built. It's got the Suviess erupting. It's got Jerusalem being destroyed.
1:03.6	It's got Hadrian building. It's war. Dominic, it is massive, massive work.
1:08.0	Oh, Tom, it says absolutely sensational. So give us a couple of your favorite characters
1:13.0	from the book.
1:14.0	Well, some of them we've actually touched on. So we touched on Hadrian and Intinuous. I
1:17.2	think Hadrian is my favorite emperor ever since I made my wife and two young girls walk
1:21.7	Hadrian's wall in the rain. So that was great. We've got the Vitelius, the Emperor who
1:26.9	loved the pies.
1:27.9	Yeah, Fat Emperor.
1:28.9	The Fat Emperor. I think that's one way of putting him.
1:30.8	If Roll Dollar written that, he'll be written out of. So that won't happen to Pax.
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