154 The Freedoms We Lost (Doing History Rev)
Declaring independence from Great Britain required the formation of new governments. But why did Americans want and need new governments? And how did their interactions and experiences with their old,...
3 Okt 20171h 9min
153 Committees and Congress: Governments of the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
How did the American revolutionaries organize and coordinate local, provincial, and intercolonial action? How did the revolutionaries form governments? In this episode of the Doing History: To the Rev...
26 Sep 20171h 39min
152 Origins of the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
What caused the American Revolution? Was it the issue of ‘No Taxation without Representation?’ Was it conflict and change in the social order of colonial and British society? Or, was the Revolution ab...
19 Sep 201752min
151 Defining the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
What do we mean by the American Revolution? How do we define it? Was it a war? Was it a movement? Was it a series of movements? The Doing History: To the Revolution! Series seeks to explore not just t...
12 Sep 201752min
150 Abigail Adams: Revolutionary Speculator
Abigail Adams lived through and participated in the American Revolution. As the wife of John Adams, she used her position to famously remind Adams and his colleagues to "remember the ladies" when they...
5 Sep 20171h 1min
149 Benjamin Franklin in London
Over the course of his long life, Benjamin Franklin traveled to and lived in London on two different occasions. The first time he went as a teenager. The second, as a man and colonial agent. All told ...
29 Aug 201755min
148 Betsy Ross
How did everyday men and women experience life in the colonial America? How did the American Revolution transform their work and personal lives? Marla Miller, a professor of history at the University ...
22 Aug 201747min
147 British Soldiers, American War
What about the British Redcoats? When we discuss the military history of the American War for Independence, we tend to focus on specific battles or details about the men who served in George Washingto...
15 Aug 201746min
