Founding Fathers Pt1: The Great Awakening and the Growing Rebellion

About this episode

The episode explores the early stages of the American Revolution, focusing on key figures and events leading to conflict with Great Britain.

European superpowers battle for control of North America. A charismatic preacher takes the American colonies by storm. And the rabble-rouser Samuel Adams leads protests over unfair taxation, ending in tragedy on the streets of Boston. These are the early stages of the American Revolution. The first steps on a path that will lead to all-out war with Great Britain. Heroes and villains will emerge. But our story begins in a simple townhouse in New England in 1706… as a baby boy named Benjamin Franklin is born… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Clarke Peters. Featuring Carol Berkin, Lindsay Chervinsky, Julius Jefferson, Jane Kamensky, Peter Kastor, Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Jim Philbrick, Ray Raphael, Alan Taylor. Written and produced by Edward White | Series Producer: Ed Baranski | Executive Producer: Joel Duddell | Head of Production: Natalie Brook-Reynolds | Script Consultant: Peter Kastor | Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by Tom Pink | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay & Tony Onuchukwu | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering by Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording Engineer: Charlotte Sewter at The Soundhouse Studios. For ad-free…

People in this episode

Host: Clarke Peters

Guests: Carol Berkin, Lindsay Chervinsky, Julius Jefferson, Jane Kamensky, Peter Kastor, Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Jim Philbrick, Ray Raphael, Alan Taylor

Topics covered

• American Revolution
• Great Awakening
• Samuel Adams
• Boston protests
• European powers
• Benjamin Franklin

Keywords

• American colonies
• taxation
• rebellion
• Samuel Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Boston
• European superpowers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Noiser

Books & works: Titanic: Ship of Dreams

Places: New England

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