The American Revolution: In Its Own Words

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You can go to my sponsor https://aura.com/seanmunger to try 14 days for free. That’s enough time to Aura to start scrubbing your personal info off these data broker sites, without you lifting a finger. The revolt of the American colonies against Great Britain was one of the major events of world history. In this video, you will experience the Revolution as its participants did—through their own words. Almost this entire video consists of primary source documents from the Revolutionary era, from acts of Parliament, private letters of people both famous (like George Washington) and not (like Elizabeth Liechtenstein Johnson), and eyewitnesses to political upheavals, battles, debates, tragedies, triumphs and missed opportunities. You may think you know about the Revolution, but you may not have seen it quite like this. Sources for this video included: The Spirit of ‘Seventy Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants, Henry Steele Commager & Richard B. Morris, eds. (New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1958); Gary B. Nash, Race and Revolution (Lanham, CT: Madison House, 1990); Major Problems in the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791, Richard D. Brown, ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000); George F. Scheer & Hugh Franklin, Rebels and Redcoats (Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1957); The Revolution Remembered: Eyewitness Accounts of the War for Independence, John C. Dann., ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980). The interstitial music in this video includes: “Pirate Dance,” “Irish Memory” and “Remember the Summer” by Sasha Branislav; “Celtic Courage” by Jackchai Tilakoon; “Sad Piano” by Velimir Andreev; “Regret” by Gerardo Garcia; “From Coast to Coast” by Kana Kanitsubo-Markovic; and “Freedom For Me” by Ananta Kongka. Special thanks to: David Albers, Lawarch, John Marcucci, @SamAronow. My new book, “The Gangster Crown”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPJF8HZX My website: https://www.seanmunger.com My Ko-fi: https://Ko-fi.com/seanmunger My blog: https://gardenofmemory.net/ Chapters: 00:00-2:01: The Fourth of July 2:01-15:24: Introduction 15:24-20:49: The Middle Passage 20:49-21:38: Run Away From the Subscriber 21:38-23:32: The Plains of Abraham 23:32-25:11: The Proclamation Line 25:11-26:44: Custom Revenue Sucks 26:44-28:23: Washington’s Land Scheme 28:23-29:49: The Stamp Act 29:49-31:53: Rage at the Stamp Act 31:53-33:32: Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress 33:32-41:20: Ben Franklin vs. Parliament 41:20-42:42: The Declaratory Act 42:42-44:45: The Boston Massacre, Take One 44:45-46:33: The Boston Massacre, Take Two 46:33-47:48: Adams on the Boston Tea Party 47:48-48:32: Lord North on Coercive Acts 48:32-50:35: Journal of the Continental Congress 50:35-52:32: An Essay on Slavery 52:32-55:03: Accounts of the Battles of Lexington & Concord 55:03-55:55: Punishment of a Loyalist 55:55-57:14: The Oneida Declare Neutrality 57:14-58:48: The Dunmore Proclamation 58:48-1:01:36: Common Sense 1:01:36-1:03:58: Remember the Ladies 1:03:58-1:05:57: Preparing to Declare 1:05:57-1:07:18: Finalizing the Declaration 1:07:18-1:15:09: The Declaration of Independence 1:15:09-1:16:57: Hopkins’s Petition for Emancipation 1:16:57-1:18:31: A Slaveowner Blames the British 1:18:31-1:19:26: After the Battle of Trenton 1:19:26-1:21:44: Interlude 1:21:44-1:23:04: The Saratoga Campaign 1:23:04-1:24:28 Ben Franklin to the King of France 1:24:28-1:25:51: Alliance With France 1:25:51-1:27:27: Valley Forge 1:27:27-1:29:53: The British Try Peace 1:29:53-1:31:33: Washington Orders Extermination of the Iroquois 1:31:33-1:33:35: Devastation of Native Communities 1:33:35-1:35:29: Pennsylvania Abolishes Slavery Gradually 1:35:29-1:37:13: A Woman For Women’s Liberty 1:37:13-1:38:37: No Meat for the Army 1:38:37-1:40:11: A Soldier is Radicalized 1:40:11-1:41:51: Cornwallis is Tired 1:41:51-1:43:29: The Articles of Confederation 1:43:29-1:44:59: A Woman’s Experience of Yorktown 1:44:59-1:47:09: Loyalists Beg the British to Rescue Them 1:47:09-1:48:57: The British Throw in the Towel 1:48:57-1:50:45: A Loyalist Woman’s Odyssey 1:50:45-1:52:30: The Gnadenhütten Massacre 1:52:30-1:54:53: A Serious Address Respecting Slavery 1:54:53-1:56:55: Philadelphia Jews Petition for Equality 1:56:55-1:58:15: The Treaty of Paris 1:58:15-1:59:27: Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom 1:59:27-2:01:32: Notes on the State of Virginia 2:01:32-2:02:23: Congress in Chaos, Take One 2:02:23-2:03:48: Congress in Chaos, Take Two 2:03:48-2:05:55: Slavery at the Constitutional Convention 2:05:55-2:07:15: The Constitution of the United States 2:07:15-2:09:04: Mercy Otis Warren Trashes the Constitution 2:09:04-2:12:05: Reasons for Dissent to the Federal Constitution 2:12:05-2:14:02: The Unfinished Revolution 2:14:02-2:17:00: Conclusion