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 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices