374 The American Revolutionary War in the West

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The American Revolution and its War for Independence comprised the United States’ founding movement. The War for Independence also served as the fifth major war for European empire in North America. The fourth war for European empire, the Seven Years’ War, reshaped and redefined Europe’s worldwide colonial landscape in Great Britain’s favor. The American Revolutionary War presented Britain’s European rivals with an opportunity to regain some of the territory they had lost. An opportunity we can see those rivals seizing in the Revolutionary War’s Western Theater. Stephen Kling, Jr., is the author and co-author of several books and articles about the American Revolution in the West. His latest book, The American Revolutionary War in the West, has served as the basis for a museum exhibit at the St. Charles County Heritage Museum in St. Peters, Missouri. Stephen joins us as our expert guide on our expedition through the Revolution’s Western Theater. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/374 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 014: West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 🎧 Episode 037: Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 041: Canada & the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 051: A History of Early Detroit 🎧 Episode 081: After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence 🎧 Episode 102: George Rogers Clark & the Fight for the Illinois Country 🎧 Episode 318: Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park 🎧 Episode 372: A History of the Myaamia REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter👩‍💻 BFW Listener Community🌍 The History Explorers Club 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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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios.
0:09.0	I think initially people thought they wore buckskin and kun skin hats and that was very far from the truth. Hello and welcome to episode 374 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:29.7	The podcast dedicated to helping you,
0:32.5	learn more about how the people and events of our early American past
0:36.0	have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:38.5	And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.
0:41.5	We tend to think of the American Revolution
0:43.7	and its war for independence
0:45.2	as the process that gave birth to the United States.
0:48.4	And the American Revolution was certainly
0:50.1	the United States' founding moment,
0:52.1	but its war for independence was also the fifth major
0:55.2	war for European Empire in North America.
0:58.0	Now the four wars that preceded the American Revolutionary War typically saw Great Britain and France fighting over territory in North America.
1:06.0	First, there was King Williams War, a nine-year war that took place between 1688 and 1672.
1:13.0	Queen Anne's War, or the War of Spanish Succession, occurred between 1702 and 1713.
1:19.0	Then there was the War of Austrian Succession or King George's War that took place between 1744 and 1748,
1:26.0	and then there was the Seven Years War or French and Indian War, which resulted in warfare that
1:30.8	redefined Europe's worldwide colonial landscape in Great Britain's favor.
1:34.8	Now the American Revolution and its war for independence did result in the birth of the
1:39.8	United States, but it also played out in a way that allowed Great Britain's European
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