The John Batchelor Show / PREVIEW: #REVOLUTION: Conversation with historian Joseph Ellis, author of THE CAUSE, that it was not permitted for the countryside to remain neutral during the revolution - the threats were to choose sides or see your house burn. More tonight.

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