Episode
Bonus - How the British Empire Lost America w/ Andrew Shankman
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- American Prestige
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- Jul 3, 2026
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- 5344
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Subscribe now for an ad-free experience. Danny and Derek are joined by historian Andrew Shankman to talk about the road to U.S. independence from Great Britain. They discuss differences between Spanish and British colonization strategies, the intellectual and philosophical origins of the American Revolution, the Stamp Act crisis, distinctions in racial conceptions between the American colonies and the West Indies, key revolutionary figures, the early American republic, the unique economic situation of Boston and Massachusetts, and post-revolution relations with Britain and indigenous peoples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices