{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"443 How Independence Happened, Part 1: The Lee Resolution","description":"On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted for independence. But that vote didn't begin with the Declaration of Independence. It began on June 7th, when Richard Henry Lee rose before Congress and introduced a resolution with three parts: declare independence, forge foreign alliances, form a confederation. A three-legged stool. Without all three legs, independence wouldn't hold. Historians Woody Holton and Terrence Rucker reveal who actually drove that process \u2014 and it wasn't just the men on the $2 bill. Voters, county conventions, and ordinary people from Massachusetts to Georgia had as much to do with independence as Adams or Jefferson. Episode 1 of a three-part series. Show Notes: https:\/\/www.benfranklinsworld.com\/443   EPISODE OUTLINE 00:00:00  Introduction 00:01:15 The Lee Resolution and the Second Continental Congress 00:07:35 Virginia's Path Toward Independence 00:09:14 The Coming May 15, 1776 Vote 00:15:28 Dunmore's Proclamation and Virginia's Journey to Independence 00:20:16 John Adams' Resolution Recommending New State Governments 00:27:56 Richard Henry Lee Introduces the Virginia Resolution 00:42:13 The Virginians in the Second Continental Congress 01:03:29 Time Warp 00:35:55 Paine's View of the American Revolution 00:39:15 The Story of Common Sense 00:50:34 Measuring the Reach of Common Sense 00:59:34 The Legacy of Common Sense and Thomas Paine 01:02:54 Time Warp 01:08:05 Commemorating the Declaration of Independence RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES \ud83c\udfa7 Episode 040: For Fear of an Elected King \ud83c\udfa7 Episode 117: The Life and Ideas of Thomas Jefferson \ud83c\udfa7 Episode 188: The Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798 \ud83c\udfa7 Episode 193: Partisans: The Friendship & Rivalry of Adams and Jefferson \ud83c\udfa7 Episode 203: Alexander Hamilton \ud83c\udfa7 Episode 279: The Cabinet: Creation of An American Institution SUPPORT OUR WORK \ud83c\udf81 Make a Donation to Ben Franklin\u2019s World REQUEST A TOPIC \ud83d\udce8 Topic Request Form \ud83d\udceb liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY \ud83d\uddde\ufe0f BFW Gazette Newsletter  \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udcbb Join the BFW Listener Community \ud83c\udf0d Join the History Explorers Club TAKE THE QUIZ \ud83e\udded Discover How You Explore History (under 2 minutes) \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/www.benfranklinsworld.com\/quiz LISTEN \ud83c\udfa7 \ud83c\udf4e Apple Podcasts  \ud83d\udc9a Spotify  \ud83c\udfb6 Amazon Music \ud83d\udedc Pandora CONNECT \ud83e\udd8b Liz on Bluesky \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udcbb Liz on LinkedIn \ud83d\udedc Liz\u2019s Website SAY THANKS \ud83d\udc9c Leave a review on Apple Podcasts \ud83d\udc9a Leave a rating on Spotify *Book links are affiliate links. Every purchase supports the podcast. ","author_name":"Ben Franklin's World","author_url":"http:\/\/www.benfranklinsworld.com","html":"