Episode 1: The Balance

Worlds Turned Upside Down

In the 1750s, tensions between the British, the French, and Indigenous peoples over control of the Ohio Country in North America lead to the outbreak of a global war with revolutionary consequences.

Featuring: Fred Anderson, Christian Ayne Crouch, Max Edelson, Patrick Griffin, George Ironstrack, and Maeve Kane.

Voice Actors: Norman Rodger,  Alexandre Rios-Bordes, and Emmanuel Dubois.

Narrated by Jim Ambuske.

Find the official transcript here.

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Worlds Turned Upside Down is a production of R2 Studios at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

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