Historians often portray the American Revolution as an orderly, if violent, event that moved from British colonists’ high-minded ideas about freedom to American independence from Great Britain and the ratification of the Constitution of 1787.

But was the American Revolution an orderly event that took place only between Great Britain and her North American colonists? Was it really about high-minded ideas?

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Alan Taylor joins us to explore the American Revolution as a Continental event with details from his book, American Revolutions: A Continental History. 1750-1804.

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• Episode 014: Claudio Saunt, West of the Revolution
• Episode 016: Alan Taylor, The Internal Enemy
• Episode 029: Colin Calloway, The Victory with No Name
• Episode 037: Kathleen DuVal: Independence Lost
• Episode 123: Revolutionary Allegiances
• Bonus: Why Historians Study History

 

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