How Warrior-Farmers Defeated the World's Most Powerful Empire | American Revolution

Agriculture is the greatest source of power for any individual or nation—a fact which is easy to forget when farmers are constantly caricatured and mocked in media and entertainment. This is how an Empire was defeated by men and women who worked the land.

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FURTHER READING

From Benjamin Franklin to ———, 28 November 1768
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-15-02-0155

From Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, 3 October 1775: extract
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-22-02-0136

From Benjamin Franklin to George Washington, 5 March 1780
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-32-02-0024#BNFN-01-32-02-0024-fn-0006

“Antaeus” Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Antaeus

George Washington, March 24, 1783, General Orders
https://www.loc.gov/resource/mgw3g.007/?sp=99&st=text

(“A Farming Society,” Encyclopedia.com)
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/farming-society

When everything changed: the US & UK economies in World War II
https://www.rapidtransition.org/stories/when-everything-changed-the-us-uk-economies-in-world-war-ii/

MUSIC
Saint-Saens, Symphony No. 3, mov. III
Michael Giacchino, Manor House Rally
Beethoven, Piano Concerto 5, mov II
Beethoven, Symphony 9, mov II
Haydn, Symphony 100, mov I
Haydn , Symphony 104 mov I
Beethoven, Symphony 7, mov I