How did Americans find out about the Revolution?

What effect did printed materials like newspapers, pamphlets, and books have on shaping the debate about independence? And just how big of a role did Thomas Paine’s Common Sense play in causing Americans to declare their independence from Great Britain?

In this episode of the Doing History: To the Revolution! series, we explore these question with four scholars of Revolutionary communication: Alyssa Zuercher Reichardt, Eric Slauter, Seth Cotlar, and Trish Loughran.

Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/156

 

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Complementary Episodes

• Episode 001: James Green, The Library Company of Philadelphia
• Episode 141: A Declaration in Draft
• Episode 144: Robert Parkinson, The Cause of the American Revolution
• Episode 152: Origins of the American Revolution
• Episode 153: Committees and Congress: Governments of the American Revolution

 

 

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