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Hello, and thanks for joining Revolution 250. This is part of our effort to remember the 250th

anniversary of the American Revolution. In this bonus episode, we remember events that took

place 250 years ago this week. It's from the American Revolution

podcast and the way to best remember these important 250th anniversaries from the Revolution

War. This week, we remember the introduction of the Resolution for Independence,

which was introduced in the Continental Congress on June 7, 1776.

This episode is sponsored by the book, The Banker Who Made America, by Richard Vague.

The banker in question is Thomas Willing. When Robert Morris was getting his start in Philadelphia, he went to work for

Thomas Willing. Willing was the guy who taught Morris, and later Alexander Hamilton, all about the

world of banking and commerce. This book is by Richard Vague, who was Pennsylvania's security secretary

a few years ago. In his book, he follows the money and helps us to understand how

willing stayed in the background while guiding the birth of America's banking and financial systems.

Richard Vague sheds genuinely new light on the genesis of the American Republic, as well as the

enduring economic and political conflicts that still shape U.S. society today.

I've enjoyed this book so much that I've asked the author to join us at our June Roundtable. This is a great opportunity for you to read the book ahead of time and be ready to

speak to the author at our roundtable. Go to bookshop.org and use the code ARP15 for 15% off at checkout.

That's www.bukshop.org to get 15% off the book with the promo code ARP 15.

I've mentioned in some earlier episodes that Congress kept dancing around the idea of

independence, but did not want to do anything unless there was a consensus among all the

colonies that were represented in Congress. In an earlier episode, I discuss how the pro-independence

faction got a resolution passed on May 15th that encouraged states to set up independent

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