Native Americans in the American Revolution: The History We Didn't Learn | AAR S1E9
"An abject disaster"! Native Americans were not a side note in the American Revolution — they were central to it. In fact, much of the war was fought in Native lands. Yet, their story is rarely told. ...
11 Mar 1h 3min
Was the American Revolution a Civil War? | AAR S1E8
Were American Loyalists simply “traitors” to the American cause — or were they defending what they believed was constitutional government? Did most American colonists support breaking from Britain, or...
5 Mar 1h 3min
How Britain's Imperial "Modernization" Shaped the American Revolution | S1E7
What we often miss about the American Revolution is that it was in reaction to Britain’s empire-wide push for modernization—from India to Ireland, the Caribbean, and the colonies. The French and India...
26 Feb 1h 10min
Thomas Paine to Obama: Why America’s "Original" Founder Still Matters Today | AAR S1E6
Independence alone wasn’t enough. For Thomas Paine, the Revolutionary War was worth the fight only if independence led to a new kind of government and polity—one in which, as he famously wrote, “the L...
19 Feb 1h 34min
How Thomas Paine Became Thomas Paine | Origins of "Common Sense" | AAR S1E5
Before "Common Sense" shook the Atlantic world, Thomas Paine lived a tumultuous life of struggle, failure, and radical discovery. He arrived in America unknown, ill, and nearly broken. Within a year, ...
12 Feb 1h 4min
Concord Before the Revolution: The Minutemen and a Town in Crisis | AAR S1E4
In 1775, Concord was not a quiet rural town waiting for history to arrive. It was an important Massachusetts community already under strain—shaped by class divisions, religious tensions, and an eighte...
5 Feb 1h 19min
Why China Mattered to the American Revolution | AAR S1E3
The East India Company’s trade monopoly angered American colonists by undercutting their smuggling of Chinese goods and keeping prices high. This helped push Americans toward revolution — and it wasn’...
29 Jan 1h 9min
The Boston Massacre: Propaganda, Conspiracies & Truth | AAR S1E2
Was the Boston Massacre inevitable? For its time, was it truly a “massacre”?And how much do we really know about that night—and how much comes from the stories people chose to share?📄 Interview Tra...
21 Jan 58min
