You haven't checked out any of the many videos that Prager You has put out, then you should take the time and do it.

Prager You is short for Prager University, founded by Alan Estrin and talk show host and writer Dennis Prager, who's been on our show back in 2009,

to create videos on political, economic, sociological topics, culture that promote an American conservative viewpoint.

We'd like to play audio of one in particular.

It's called what was revolutionary about the American

Revolution. There had been many revolutions throughout history, but what made the

American Revolution so unique, so special.

The birthday of a new world is at hand.

That was what Thomas Payne, the fiery pamphleteer, wrote in 1776, as 13 of Great Britain's North American

colonies rose in revolt against British rule and declared themselves a newly independent nation.

The American Revolution was something the world had never seen,

politically, economically, and diplomatically.

Let's look at all three.

First, the politics.

Revolution themselves were not new, of course.

Britain put itself through not one but two revolutions in the 17th century.

Other countries in Europe endured similar upheavals.

These rebellions shared one of two goals, replace the current monarch with another one, or extort new

protections and privileges from the existing regime.

In stark contrast, the Americans did not propose merely overthrowing a monarchy.

They proposed ending the very idea of monarchy as a worthwhile form of government.

In America, the citizen, not the government,

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