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Forgotten Revolutionaries—Fueled the War and Forced America to Define Who Was American

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Dr. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along with cropped image of “Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution”, Dr. Perl-Rosenthal's book that we discuss in this interview. Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

In this interview: “So, the problem for the Americans is that they look and sound exactly like British people.… How are we supposed to tell the difference between Americans and Britons? They look and sound exactly the same.” Watch this segment in the video below (01:04:30) Introduction Who counted as American after the Revolution? And […]