325 Everyday People of the American Revolution

What do we know about the American Revolution? Why is it important that we see the Revolution as a political event, a war, a time of social and economic reform, and as a time of violence and upheaval?Woody Holton, a Professor of History at the University of South Carolina and the author of Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution, joins us to explore and discuss answers to these questions so that we can better see and understand the American Revolution as a whole event.Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/325 Complementary Episodes🎧 Episode 060: David Preston, Braddock’s Defeat🎧 Episode 128: Alan Taylor: American Revolutions: A Continental History🎧 Episode 144: Rob Parkinson, The Common Cause🎧 Episode 150: Woody Holton, Abigail Adams: Revolutionary Speculator🎧 Episode 152: Bernard Bailyn, Ideological Origins of the American Revolution🎧 Episode 181: Max Edelson, The New Map of the British Empire🎧 Episode 294: Mary Beth Norton, 1774: The Long Year of Revolution 🎧 Episode 296: Serena Zabin, The Boston Massacre  REQUEST A TOPIC📨 Topic Request Form📫 [email protected] YOU'RE READY🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener CommunityLISTEN 🎧🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music🛜 PandoraCONNECT🦋 Liz on Bluesky👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn🛜 Liz’s WebsiteSAY THANKS💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices