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Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

Georgia didn’t send delegates to the First Continental Congress.

Its last royal governor stayed in power longer than any other.

It was loyal—until it wasn’t.

Episode 421 dives into why Georgia’s revolution looked so different.

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#USHistory #PodcastRecommendation

Episode 410: Mary Beth Norton, The World's First Personal Advice Column Travel back to 1690s England with historian Mary Beth Norton as we explore the Athenian Mercury, the world's first personal advice column.

The world’s first advice column wasn’t meant to be about love.

But the people had other plans. 💌

Find out what questions they asked (and how they were answered) in Ep. 410 of Ben Franklin's World.

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#HistoryPodcast #History #Love #Podcasts

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

“Loyalty came at a steep cost: exile, financial ruin, and the loss of home and community.” – Greg Brooking on Sir James Wright’s fate during the Revolution.

Discover Georgia’s forgotten role in the fight for independence.

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#BenFranklinsWorld #RevolutionaryHistory

Episode 393: Jonathan Gienapp and Rachel Shelden, Politics and Political Culture in the Early American Republic Jonathan Gienapp and Rachel Shelden talk about early American political culture and political civility in the early American republic.

What did politics look like after the Revolution? 🗳️

In Ep. 393 of Ben Franklin’s World, we explore how everyday Americans shaped political culture in the new republic.

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#VastEarlyAmerica #History #EarlyRepublic #Politics #USHistory

Was California really a “free state”?

In Ep. 387, Jean Pfaelzer uncovers the hidden history of slavery in California—from Indigenous enslavement to Black bondage in a so-called land of freedom.

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#SlaveryInAmerica #VastEarlyAmerica #History #California

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

Loyalists weren’t villains. They were neighbors, officials, even family who tried to protect what they believed in.

Episode 421 of Ben Franklin’s World rethinks the Revolution through their eyes.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#Revolution250 #America250 #Georgia #Loyalism #Podcast

What if the American Revolution wasn’t inevitable?

What if loyalty—not rebellion—was the default in early America?

In our latest episode, we explore loyalism in Georgia and the life of Sir James Wright, Britain’s last royal governor in the colony.

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Episode 372: John Bickers and Diane Hunter, A History of the Myaamia Diane Hunter and John Bickers join us to investigate the history and culture of the Myaamia people, from pre-contact to the present.

Who are the Myaamia, and what can their history teach us about diplomacy, land, and survival? 🌽🪶

Explore the rich story of the Myaamia people from the Great Lakes to today.

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#IndigenousHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History

Episode 358: Charles Tingley, St Augustine and Early Florida Charles Tingley joins us to explore the early American history of La Florida through the lens of one of its capitals: the City of St. Augustine.

St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the U.S.—and it has stories to tell. 🏰🌴

In Ep. 358, Charles Tingley explores early Florida’s Spanish roots and colonial legacy.

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#FloridaHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Florida

July 4th is coming. 🇺🇸

Before the fireworks, revisit the real story of the Declaration of Independence—with the historian who knows it best.

Emily Sneff joins us on Ben Franklin’s World.

#USHistory #FourthOfJuly #July4th #USHistory #Revolution250 #America250

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Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

Historian Greg Brooking joins us to talk about:

• Georgia’s founding as a buffer colony
• Sir James Wright’s rise, rule, and resistance
• What loyalism really meant in revolutionary America

This is a fresh look at a forgotten side of the American Revolution.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

The Brafferton Indian School trained Native boys to serve empire—but they didn’t always follow the script. 🎓🪶
Explore the school’s complex beginnings in this episode of Ben Franklin’s World.

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#IndigenousHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

Georgia didn’t send delegates to the First Continental Congress.

Its last royal governor stayed in power longer than any other.

It was loyal—until it wasn’t.

Episode 421 dives into why Georgia’s revolution looked so different.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#USHistory #PodcastRecommendation

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

“Loyalty came at a steep cost: exile, financial ruin, and the loss of home and community.” – Greg Brooking on Sir James Wright’s fate during the Revolution.

Discover Georgia’s forgotten role in the fight for independence.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#BenFranklinsWorld #RevolutionaryHistory

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

Loyalists weren’t villains. They were neighbors, officials, even family who tried to protect what they believed in.

Episode 421 of Ben Franklin’s World rethinks the Revolution through their eyes.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#Revolution250 #America250 #Georgia #Loyalism #Podcast

Episode 420: Peter Kastor, Creating the U.S. Federal Government When we think about the founding of the United States, we often focus on the Constitution, the Founding Fathers, and those first landmark elections. But how did the United States actually build its federal government, the entire apparatus of state th

Herman Melville’s grandfather? A customs officer who begged George Washington to keep him on the job.

The federal government’s history is full of unexpected family ties.

Explore these hidden stories in Ep. 420: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

What if the American Revolution wasn’t inevitable?

What if loyalty—not rebellion—was the default in early America?

In our latest episode, we explore loyalism in Georgia and the life of Sir James Wright, Britain’s last royal governor in the colony.

🎧 Listen: benfranklinsworld.com/421

Would you stay loyal to your government if your neighbors—and maybe your own children—joined a revolution?

Explore the impossible choices Georgians faced during the American Revolution in our latest episode.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#AmericanRevolution #GeorgiaHistory

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

Historian Greg Brooking joins us to talk about:

• Georgia’s founding as a buffer colony
• Sir James Wright’s rise, rule, and resistance
• What loyalism really meant in revolutionary America

This is a fresh look at a forgotten side of the American Revolution.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

Historians once thought early U.S. government records were impossible to count.

Enter digital history.

Peter Kastor’s new project tracks 38,000+ federal employees from 1789–1829.

Discover what they reveal: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

Georgia didn’t send delegates to the First Continental Congress.

Its last royal governor stayed in power longer than any other.

It was loyal—until it wasn’t.

Episode 421 dives into why Georgia’s revolution looked so different.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#USHistory #PodcastRecommendation

We’re taught the 3 branches of gov’t are “coequal.” But in the 1790s, was one actually more powerful than the others?

Spoiler: The answer might surprise you.

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Being a federal employee in the 1790s wasn’t glamorous; it was a steady day job. Some early Americans worked into their 80s!

What did the daily grind of early federal workers look like?

🎧 Listen here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

“Loyalty came at a steep cost: exile, financial ruin, and the loss of home and community.” – Greg Brooking on Sir James Wright’s fate during the Revolution.

Discover Georgia’s forgotten role in the fight for independence.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#BenFranklinsWorld #RevolutionaryHistory

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

Loyalists weren’t villains. They were neighbors, officials, even family who tried to protect what they believed in.

Episode 421 of Ben Franklin’s World rethinks the Revolution through their eyes.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#Revolution250 #America250 #Georgia #Loyalism #Podcast

“We the People” built the federal government, not just presidents and Congress.

Do you think of today’s government as being built by everyday citizens too?

🎧 Explore more in Ep. 420: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

🧑‍⚖️ Court-martials. Scandal. Queerness in the British Army.

In this new Ben Franklin's World episode, we explore the life of Robert Newburgh—a chaplain accused of “buggery” on the eve of the American Revolution

🎧 Listen now: www.benfranklinsworld.com/414

#HistoryPodcast #LGBTQHistory #AmRev

Would you stay loyal to your government if your neighbors—and maybe your own children—joined a revolution?

Explore the impossible choices Georgians faced during the American Revolution in our latest episode.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#AmericanRevolution #GeorgiaHistory

“We the People” built the federal government, not just presidents and Congress.

Do you think of today’s government as being built by everyday citizens too?

🎧 Explore more in Ep. 420: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

Historian Greg Brooking joins us to talk about:

• Georgia’s founding as a buffer colony
• Sir James Wright’s rise, rule, and resistance
• What loyalism really meant in revolutionary America

This is a fresh look at a forgotten side of the American Revolution.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421