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How Revolutionary was the American Revolution? (2019x19)

Air date: Jun 03, 2019

Historians have debated whether the American Revolution was a revolution at all. There is a long historiography covering this, but we can potentially rephrase the question altogether and see how revolutionary 1776 actually was. Here is the ProjectRevolution playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0MwcDYjQCaNWvMbxAcLoTxvqOxfC24MW ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Armitage, David. “The Declaration of Independence and International Law.” The William and Mary Quarterly 59, No. 1 (Jan., 2002), 39-64. Greene, Jack P. and J.R. Pole. “Introduction.” A Companion to the American Revolution, eds. Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole. New York: Blackwell Publishers, 2000. xiii-xvi. https://amzn.to/2VMs4s0 Hattem, Michael D. “The Historiography of the American Revolution.” Journal of the American Revolution (27 August 2013), accessed 8 March 2019: https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/08/historiography-of-american-revolution/. Kramnick, Isaac. “Ideological Background.” A Companion to the American Revolution, eds. Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole. New York: Blackwell Publishers, 2000. 88-94. https://amzn.to/2VMs4s0 Morgan, Gwenda. The Debate on the American Revolution. Manchester, N.York: Manchester University Press, 2007. https://amzn.to/2UqMLcB Schocket, Andrew M. Fighting over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution. New York: New York University Press, 2015. https://amzn.to/2NQV7b3 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Historiography is, essentially, the hist