What was everyday life like during the American War for Independence?

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’ll investigate answers to this question by exploring the histories of occupied Philadelphia and Yorktown, and how civilians, those left on the home front in both of those places, experienced the war and its armies.  These episodes will allow us to see how the war impacted those who remained at home. They will also allow us to better understand the messy confusion and uncertainty Americans experienced in between the big battles and events of the American Revolution. 

This first episode investigates everyday life in British-occupied Philadelphia.

Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/332

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🎧 Episode 050: Marla Miller, Betsy Ross & The Making of America

🎧 Episode 149: George Goodwin, Benjamin Franklin in London

🎧 Episode 175: Daniel Mark Epstein, The Revolution in Ben Franklin’s House

🎧 Episode 208: Nathaniel Philbrick, Turning Points of the American Revolution

🎧 Episode 245: Celebrating the Fourth

🎧 Episode 277: Whose Fourth of July?

🎧 Episode 306: The Horse’s Tail: Revolution & Memory in Early New York City

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