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In December 1773, the Cape Cod Tea Crisis revealed that the people of \u201cradical\u201d Massachusetts were far from united in their support for the American Revolution. An observation that leads us to wonder: How many Americans supported the Patriot cause?

In this episode we speak with four scholars to explore the complexities of political allegiance during the American Revolution.

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About the Series

The mission of episodes in the Doing History: To the Revolution\xa0series is to ask not just \u201cwhat is the history of the American Revolution?\u201d but \u201cwhat are the histories of the American Revolution?\u201d

Episodes in this series will air beginning in Fall\xa02017.

The Doing History series is part of a partnership between Ben Franklin\u2019s World and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.

Be sure to check out Doing History season 1: Doing History: How Historians Work.

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Bonus Content

• Episode Bibliography
• OI Reader

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Complementary Episodes

• Episode 007: Sara Georgini, John Adams and the Adams Papers Editorial\xa0Project
• Episode 014: Claudio Saunt, West of the American Revolution
• Episode 016: Alan Taylor, The Internal Enemy
• Episode 018: Danielle Allen, Our Declaration
• Episode 025: Jessica Parr, The Invention of George Whitefield
• Episode 037: Kathleen DuVal, Independence Lost
• Episode 085: Bonnie Huskins, American Loyalists in Canada
• Episode 088: Michael McDonnell, The History of History Writing
• Episode 112: Mary Beth Norton, The Tea Crisis of 1773

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