The Great Courses - Ordinary Americans in the Revolution

Who were these people? What drove them to participate in the unlikely attempt to defeat the world's mightiest superpower? How did they think and act to bring about a new form of society and government? Perhaps most significantly, how did they view themselves and the stake they had in this most daring of social and political experiments?
In Ordinary Americans of the Revolution, taught by Professor Richard Bell of the University of Maryland, you'll discover the American Revolution from a startlingly different perspective: not the perspective of the Founding Fathers, who were people of wealth and privilege, but of the common people who made the revolution happen. Over the course of 28 lessons, you'll meet the soldiers, midwives, artisans, shopkeepers, farmers, enslaved people, and all the other men and women-European-American, Native American, and African American-with whom the success or failure of the American Revolution depended. Without these people, there could have been no revolution.
Meet the Unknown Actors in the Founding of the United States
Through this course, you'll journey far beyond historic battles and political events into the intimate experience of people such as:
George Hewes, an obscure shoemaker who became enmeshed in the events of the Revolution, including the Boston Tea Party, in which he played a leading role;
Tom Paine, a British immigrant whose galvanizing rhetoric in the pamphlet Common Sense catalyzed a mass movement focused on the daring goal of independence;
Deborah Sampson, a young weaver who fought for more than a year in the Continental Army and distinguished herself in battle, disguised as a man;
Harry Washington, the former slave of George Washington who became a loyalist serving in British regiments only to pivot again and fight British tyranny in Sierra Leone; and
Mary Silliman, whose poignant letters speak of the hardships and sacrifices of many thousands of women who supported the patriot cause.
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