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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

October 25, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Revolutionary: Samuel AdamsThomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the American Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man.” With high-minded ideals and bare-knuckle tactics, Adams led what could be called the greatest campaign of civil resistance in American history.  Adams amplified the Boston Massacre and helped to mastermind the Boston Tea Party.

He employed every tool available to rally a town, a colony, and eventually a band of colonies behind him, creating the cause that created a country. For his efforts he became the most wanted man in America: When Paul Revere rode to Lexington in 1775, it was to warn Samuel Adams that he was about to be arrested for treason. Despite his celebrated status among America’s founding fathers as a revolutionary leader however, Samuel Adams’ life and achievements have been largely overshadowed in history books. [Read more…] about The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Filed Under: Books, Events, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Boston, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Historical Society

The History Twins: The Revolution So Far

October 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

History Twins PodcastIn this episode of The History Twins podcast, storytelling duo Carla Lynne Hall and Jim Keyes discuss the events that led up to the American War of Independence.

Carla and Keyes discuss The Stamp Act of 1765 in which Britain taxed American colonists on virtually every piece of printed paper they used. They also describe The Townshend Act of 1767 which went a step further, taxing colonists for essentials such as paint, paper, glass, lead and tea. [Read more…] about The History Twins: The Revolution So Far

Filed Under: Arts, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Boston Tea Party, Massachusetts, Military History, Podcasts

Revolutionary Print Networks: Printing the News, 1763-1789

June 26, 2019 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldFor the American Revolution to be successful, it needed ideas people could embrace and methods for spreading those ideas. It also needed ways for revolutionaries to coordinate across colonial lines. How did revolutionaries develop and spread their ideas? How did they communicate and coordinate plans of actions?

In this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Joseph Adelman, an Assistant Professor of History at Framingham State University and author of Revolutionary Networks: The Business and Politics of Printing the News, 1763-1789 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), joins us to investigate the roles printers and their networks played in developing and spreading ideas of the American Revolution. [Read more…] about Revolutionary Print Networks: Printing the News, 1763-1789

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: American Revolution, AmRev, Benjamin Franklin, Book History, Books, Boston Tea Party, Early America, Early American History, Military History, Networks, Newspapers, Podcasts, Printing

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