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Apr 1, 2025 1 hr 2 min

BFW Revisited: Samuel Adams

from Ben Franklin's World Hosted by Liz Covart

This month, we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the “shot heard round the world” that ignited the Revolutionary War. But before those battles, and before the Revolution became a war for independence, it was a movement—a fight to secure more local control over government. And no one worked harder to transform that movement into a revolution than Samuel Adams. To help us investigate, we’re revisiting our conversation from Episode 350 with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Stacy Schiff, author of The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams. Stacy's Website | Book Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/350 RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES 🎧 Episode 130: Paul Revere's Ride Through History 🎧 Episode 145: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 152: Origins of the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 153: Governments of the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 228: The Boston Massacre 🎧 Episode 296: The Boston Massacre: A Family History REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 [email protected] WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter👩‍💻 BFW Listener Community🌍 The History Explorers Club LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify

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