The Storm (1765-1790) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

[@John-ci8yk]

Thank you and thumbs up.

[@downhexhighway6024]

Great video, I just learned about and produced a video on my channel on a local man (to me) Frederick Leaser who was one of the men who evacuated the bells from Philadelphia during the invasion (including the Liberty Bell) and spirited them away to Bethlehem to hide in a church.

[@janebeatty9472]

My paternal family landed in Philadelphia in the mid 1700’s from German speaking Switzerland. My Grandfather lived and worked in Philadelphia for a number of years before making his way to the Indian country to stake a claim. We have carried the name “Benjamin Franklin” or “Franklin” down through the generations and now wonder if my Grandfather was an indentured servant of Benjamin Franklin. Somewhere...he met Franklin and loved the man so much his children and grandchildren were named after him.

[@sedecim]

land theft

[@janebeatty9472]

Not at all. My relatives staked their claim in mid Pennsylvania and was on friendly terms with some of the local tribes. Those Indians that raided did not live in the area. They would attack and then leave the area. Besides, the American Indians will tell you they came here and inhabited the areas abandoned by previous inhabitants. We do not know who those people were but there were many.

[@fidhammer]

Fantastic series. I'm loving it

[@lamichiganr326]

*Control information, and you can force your control on the outcome.*

[@broadway96]

I see myself.. Woooooo at 7:25-27 and 17:35

[@eskigunler62]

İ coming now to Boston 8 - november 1776 i have time clock and i want to go 1863 gettysburg cıvıl War

[@FLO_SNM]

How did you get in the play?

[@charles300566]

The British army sacked and burned New YorkCity (17:17)? I think the film-makers are running a bit hot with their revolutionary fervour there.

[@PandoraKyss]

The Great Fire of New York. There is contention between historians, to this day, who started the fire that torched the Western chunk of Manhattan. I think that's what they are referring to.

[@mariusmatei2946]

Yeah, when it comes to the American war of independence, the (American) nationalist fervour runs on (toxic) steroids.

[@MissMaggieShelby]

I've loved this series but was disappointed in this episode. They made the Committee of Safety sound like heroes. That was a witch hunt. The "loyalists" they exiled were prominent men in the Society of Friends (Quakers). Although many did not want to separate from England and had businesses that depended on trade with England, they would never have given aid to the enemy because Friends were strict pacifists and would have been thrown out of their meetings if they had taken sides. Betsy Ross was thrown out of her meeting because she took action that promoted war. Their exile in western Virginia was America's first internment camp. This was a shameful episode in American history and should have been portrayed as such.

[@mariusmatei2946]

The American "freedom", a.k.a. "join or die", a.k.a. "my way or the highway".

[@kenlawson1147]

The British did not devastate the Continental Troops at Brandywine. Yes, they took the field but at such a great cost they could not march again for 5 days. Unheard of for the great British army. Read Thomas Paine's entry on Sept 12, 1777, he explains what happened.

[@phillyprice4460]

The British Army didn’t burn New York City either, the cause of the fire is still unknown. Why would they burn a city they knew they’d be using as a base for the duration of the war.

[@briangoldy8784]

My 5th GreatGrandfather .......Fought at Brandywine........New Jersey 2nd Regiment.......Continental Line......Commanding Officer , General Washington.............

[@TheDustysix]

There should be a Crispus Attucks $1 coin. I'd keep one in my wallet. A 56 YO free Black was the first one to Die for our Freedom from the Crown. 6:32.

[@taavg6254]

Is this public?

[@microbealchemist]

12:00

[@matthewatwood2581]

They should've rolled away the dew, but the bell was always bound to crack. Still, where there's a will there's a way, to let freedom ring.

[@ericellis7431]

Must have been interesting Franklin fight for freedom from British tyranny and his son William was the Royal Governor of New Jersey

[@theesteviefranchise458]

A lifetime of sewing caused Betsy Ross to go blind??? Wow, that’s a loose representation of science and fact

[@billm8831]

Stop with the annoying music. Who can hear over that noise???

[@JosephKeenanisme]

Philadelphia was one of the most conservative (see "loyalist" colonies) before and during the Revolution. The revolutionaries were mostly from New England with only a few coming from along the Delaware and Potomac Rivers.

[@davidwaynechoate8059]

Benedict Arnold lived here !

[@McVet3]

David Wayne Choate so did Doc Holiday what’s your point

[@McVet3]

American patriot wow bro that’s such a clever statement

[@McVet3]

It was also the biggest city in the British Empire. Plenty of revolutionaries came from the area. Were some of the most radical from Boston probably but I still fail to see your point.

[@mariusmatei2946]

@@McVet3 if you're referring to Philadelphia, from the 1750s through the 1770s, it was the second largest city in the United Kingdom/British Colonial Empire (behind London).

[@ruffboss1]

10:36, including free Blacks, ie Prince Hall. /G\ 12:10, man of the enlightenment /G\

[@mariusmatei2946]

Ummm, all "the French menace (in North America)" talk is just (pure) British Propaganda; the British Aim in the Seven Years War (1756-1763) was to expand their (own) colonial empire (in North America, but also in India) at the expense of France (i.e. the British weren't fighting "a war to defend their colonies from the French menace"; it was the other way around)!

[@sedecim]

The history of native land theft