Revolution 250 Podcast
Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick
Revolution 250 Podcast
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin with Gordon S. Wood
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Gordon Wood
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American of his day. But he became famous as a subject of the British Empire, and he believed in the Empire. How did he become an American? For our 100th episode, we talk with Gordon Wood, author of The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin,, and many other books on the Revolutionary era, about this most fascinating and most elusive of the founders. It is always a pleasure to talk with Gordon Wood, the Alva Way University Professor and Professor of History emeritus at Brown, who joined us for our first episode in 2020.