Key Battles of the Revolutionary War, Part 1: The World of the American Revolution

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Grab your musket and your portion of rum, Yankee, because we have a war to fight! James Early returns to the History Unplugged Podcast to kick off a massive series called Key Battles of the Revolutionary War. We get in-depth into the battles that determined the outcome of one of the most consequential wars in history. But we also go deep into the background of social, political, cultural, and theological aspects of the of the 18th century.

Scott and James kick off this episode by talking about the global-level changes in society that made the Revolutionary War possible in the 1770s, and almost impossible anytime earlier. They have to do with changes in warfare and weapons, government/society, political philosophy, British governing policy, and the American colonies themselves.

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0:32.5	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, the unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,
0:39.2	Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscoveres the forgotten stories that changed our world.
0:45.7	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
0:48.3	I'm Mike.
0:53.2	James, ready to get your bottle of Madera?
0:56.2	Make sure your muskah is working and put on your tricorn hat to join the continental army?
1:01.1	I am ready. Huzzah!
1:03.5	I don't know. If you're in the Revolutionary, do you think you'd be a Madera man or a
1:06.5	rum man? I guess it depends on class.
1:09.5	I think it would depend on the occasion. I like both of them.
1:13.4	Right.
1:14.1	I'm not picky. Maybe some hard cider too. Sit down with John Adams and have some.
1:19.6	Did they have that or is that more of a civil war thing?
1:22.0	Oh no. Hard cider was John Adams used to drink it with every meal.
1:26.8	Well, we're going to get into a lot of beverages. There's an idea that I think John Adams gave
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