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

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    Discontent among Philadelphians rises with every new British tax, and with it, tension between the wealthy and working classes. As the largest and most diverse city in the colonies, Philadelphia attracts the powerful and passionate, and quickly becomes the headquarters for the American Revolution. Once independence -and war-is declared, revolutionaries seek out Loyalists, who they see as dangerous, and traitorous. Now, the city is at war with itself. Who will fight? Learn the real stories of iconic Philadelphians like Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, Thomas Paine, and Charles Willson Peale, and how their actions defined the Philadelphia, and nation, that would emerge.
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    History Making Productions presents
    "The Storm"
    An Episode of "Philadelphia: The Great Experiment"
    Executive Producer Sam Katz
    Directed by Andrew Ferrett
    Produced by Wendy Cox
    Written by Devon McReynolds, Nathaniel Popkin & Andrew Ferrett

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  • @janebeatty9472
    @janebeatty9472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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
      @sedecim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      land theft

    • @janebeatty9472
      @janebeatty9472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @John-ci8yk
    @John-ci8yk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you and thumbs up.

  • @downhexhighway6024
    @downhexhighway6024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @lamichiganr326
    @lamichiganr326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @broadway96
    @broadway96 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @eskigunler62
      @eskigunler62 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @FLO_SNM
      @FLO_SNM 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did you get in the play?

  • @fidhammer
    @fidhammer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic series. I'm loving it

  • @TheDustysix
    @TheDustysix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @charles300566
    @charles300566 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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
      @PandoraKyss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @mariusmatei2946 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @MissMaggieShelby
    @MissMaggieShelby 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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
      @mariusmatei2946 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @kenlawson1147
    @kenlawson1147 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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
      @phillyprice4460 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @briangoldy8784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @taavg6254
    @taavg6254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is this public?

  • @microbealchemist
    @microbealchemist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12:00

  • @theesteviefranchise458
    @theesteviefranchise458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ericellis7431
    @ericellis7431 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @matthewatwood2581
    @matthewatwood2581 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @ruffboss1
    @ruffboss1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @JosephKeenanisme
    @JosephKeenanisme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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
      @davidwaynechoate8059 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Benedict Arnold lived here !

    • @McVet3
      @McVet3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @McVet3
      @McVet3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      American patriot wow bro that’s such a clever statement

    • @McVet3
      @McVet3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @mariusmatei2946 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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).

  • @sedecim
    @sedecim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The history of native land theft

  • @mariusmatei2946
    @mariusmatei2946 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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)!