357 Privateering in the American Revolution

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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How did the Continental Congress approach creating military forces that could go toe-to-toe with the British military during the American War for Independence? Eric Jay Dolin joins us to answer part of that question by looking at the creation of the United States’ privateer fleet. Dolin is the author of fifteen books about the maritime history of early America, including Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/357 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 153: Committees and Congresses of the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 161: Smuggling in the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 208: Nathaniel Philbrick, Turning Points of the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 288: Tyson Reeder, Smugglers & Patriots in the 18th-Century Atlantic World 🎧 Episode 309: Philip Reid, Merchant Ships of the Eighteenth Century 🎧 Episode 348: Ricardo Herrera, Valley Forge 🎧 Episode 352: James Forten and the Making of the United States REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.0	Hello and welcome to episode 357 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
1:25.1	day world we live in. And I'm your host, Liz Covart. With the battles of
1:30.3	Lexington and Concord on April 1917, the 13th, the 13 colonies found themselves at war with Great
1:37.1	Britain. British military forces ranked among the most powerful in the world. By contrast,
1:42.9	the colonies had militiamen, civilian volunteers,
1:46.8	because the Continental Congress had not yet established its Continental Army and Navy.
1:51.7	Which raises the question. How did the Continental Congress approach creating military forces
1:57.7	that could go toe to toe with the British military. That's a really big question.
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