Patriots Before Revolution with Amy Watson

On this special episode of Historians & Their Histories, guest host Megan Kate Nelson sits down with Amy Watson, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They discuss Prof. Watson's new book Patriots Before Revolution: The Rise of Party Politics in the British Atlantic, 1714-1763, available now in hardcover and paperback. They discuss what it meant to be a patriot in the eighteenth century and the long history of the American Revolution.  Prof. Watson is a recipient of the long-term fellowship sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Historical Society.  To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page. Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-30-Watson  This episode uses materials from: Colocate by Podington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported)