In December 1773, the Cape Cod Tea Crisis revealed that the people of “radical” Massachusetts were far from united in their support for the American Revolution. An observation that leads us to wonder: How many Americans supported the Patriot cause?
In this episode we speak with four scholars to explore the complexities of political allegiance during the American Revolution.
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About the Series
The mission of episodes in the Doing History: To the Revolution series is to ask not just “what is the history of the American Revolution?” but “what are the histories of the American Revolution?”
Episodes in this series will air beginning in Fall 2017.
The Doing History series is part of a partnership between Ben Franklin’s World and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
Be sure to check out Doing History season 1: Doing History: How Historians Work.
Bonus Content
Episode Bibliography
OI Reader
Complementary Episodes
Episode 007: Sara Georgini, John Adams and the Adams Papers Editorial Project
Episode 014: Claudio Saunt, West of the American Revolution
Episode 016: Alan Taylor, The Internal Enemy
Episode 018: Danielle Allen, Our Declaration
Episode 025: Jessica Parr, The Invention of George Whitefield
Episode 037: Kathleen DuVal, Independence Lost
Episode 085: Bonnie Huskins, American Loyalists in Canada
Episode 088: Michael McDonnell, The History of History Writing
Episode 112: Mary Beth Norton, The Tea Crisis of 1773
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