{"id":95348,"date":"2018-07-03T15:17:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T20:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=95348"},"modified":"2026-10-05T08:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:33:05","slug":"podcast-419-american-honor-creating-the-nations-ideals-during-the-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/podcast-419-american-honor-creating-the-nations-ideals-during-the-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #419: American Honor \u2014 Creating the Nation&#8217;s Ideals During the Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What started the American Revolution?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The typical answers are &#8220;taxation without representation&#8221; and the economic and political consequences that came with that.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My guest <span class=\"s2\">today<\/span> argues that while economic and political principles all played roles in the American Revolution, there\u2019s one big thing underlying all the causes of the Revolutionary War that often gets overlooked: honor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">His name is Craig Bruce Smith, he\u2019s a historian and the author of the new book&nbsp;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B075MRMRBM\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B075MRMRBM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\">American Honor: The Creation of the Nation\u2019s Ideals During the Revolutionary Era<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/i><span class=\"s3\">Today<\/span> on the show we talk about what honor looked like in America during the colonial period, how that concept changed, and how this shift precipitated the War of Independence. We then explore how personal affronts to honor experienced by several of the Founding Fathers at the hands of the British transferred into a feeling of being slighted as a people, galvanizing a collective sense of honor in the colonies and inspiring the fight for independence. We then discuss the role honor played in Benedict Arnold\u2019s treason and how his treachery spurred colonial Americans to go on to win the war. We end our conversation discussing why the sons of the Revolutionary Era returned to a more traditional ethos of honor in the form of dueling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">This show will give you fresh insights on the founding of America. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What started the American Revolution?&nbsp; The typical answers are &#8220;taxation without representation&#8221; and the economic and political consequences that came with that.&nbsp; My guest today argues that while economic and political principles all played roles in the American Revolution, there\u2019s one big thing underlying all the causes of the Revolutionary War that often gets overlooked: 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