153 Committees and Congress: Governments of the American Revolution (Doing History‪)‬ Ben Franklin's World

How did the American revolutionaries organize and coordinate local, provincial, and intercolonial action?
How did the revolutionaries form governments?
In this episode of the Doing History: To the Revolution series we explore governance and governments of the American Revolution with three scholars: Mark Boonshoft, Benjamin Irvin, and Jane Calvert.
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