The American Revolutionary War: everything you wanted to know

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🗓️ 27 February 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Benjamin Carp tackles listener questions and popular search queries on the conflict that saw colonists in North America rise up and declare independence from the British. He speaks to Elinor Evans about the causes of the war, key battles, and how the revolution is mythologised today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.
0:05.0	A bit of a different thing going on this week.
0:07.3	You've been immature and you've lied.
0:10.3	And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.
0:13.9	I was trying to manipulate you.
0:15.7	Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.
0:18.1	I know, I'd be like, are you joking?
0:20.6	I don't know.
0:21.7	I guess you'd have to ask. Someone that has sex. Someone that has sex. Right. And remember,
0:27.5	it's just between us. Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.
0:52.5	I'm Ellie Cawthorne.
0:56.8	Why exactly did the American colonies want independence from Britain?
1:02.3	How brutal did the revolution get?
1:05.2	And why do so many myths swirl around the founding of America?
1:10.2	In today's Everything You Wanted to Know episode,
1:13.5	we're tackling your top questions about the American Revolutionary War. Answering your
1:19.2	questions was Benjamin Karp, Associate Professor of History at Brooklyn College, who spoke to
1:25.8	History Extra's digital editor, Eleanor Evans.
1:29.3	I'm joined by Benjamin Karp, Associate Professor and Daniel M. Lyons Chair of History at
1:34.1	Brooklyn College, who's also the author of Defiance of the Patriots, The Boston Tea Party
1:38.7	and the Making of America. Thanks, Ben, for joining us today. Thank you. So a reminder today that we'll be covering some listener questions on the topic.
1:47.0	We've got a great bunch lined up, along with some popular search queries on the subject.
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