{"id":4087,"date":"2025-09-26T00:24:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T00:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-biggest-myth-about-the-american-revolution-bbc-timestamp\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T00:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T00:24:39","slug":"the-biggest-myth-about-the-american-revolution-bbc-timestamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-biggest-myth-about-the-american-revolution-bbc-timestamp\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Myth About The American Revolution | BBC Timestamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bJdXOGAIZ8I?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Could the United States have won the Revolutionary War without France?<\/p>\n<p>Join Lucy Worsley as she uncovers the forgotten truth behind the 1775\u20131783 American War of Independence. Far from a solo triumph, the revolution depended on a secret alliance with King Louis XVI of France, who \u2013 still bitter over the 1756\u20131763 Seven Years\u2019 War \u2013 saw a chance to weaken Britain and reshape history.<\/p>\n<p>This clip is from American History&#8217;s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (2019)<\/p>\n<p>#AmericanHistory #AmericanRevolution #LucyWorsley #Louis XVI #France<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe:\u00a0https:\/\/bbc.in\/4b7tZxt<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWelcome to BBC Timestamp, your home for all things history. Shed new light on the past by unveiling hidden worlds throughout time, dig into the fascinating true stories behind legendary myths, and learn about cutting-edge technologies helping to rethink stories from across the ages.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis is a channel from BBC Studios who help fund new BBC programmes. Service information and feedback: https:\/\/www.bbcstudios.com<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bJdXOGAIZ8I\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could the United States have won the Revolutionary War without France? Join Lucy Worsley as she uncovers the forgotten truth behind the 1775\u20131783 American War of Independence. Far from a solo triumph, the revolution depended on a secret alliance with King Louis XVI of France, who \u2013 still bitter over the 1756\u20131763 Seven Years\u2019 War [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4155150678,"featured_media":4088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8322,8332,8327,8317,15,7093,8329,21,8318,8328,8330,8321,8324,3132,193,8331,8320,8326,8323,7092,8325,8319],"class_list":["post-4087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-1778-treaty-of-alliance","tag-18th-century-wars","tag-american-founding-truth","tag-american-revolution-1776","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-timestamp","tag-british-surrender-1781","tag-documentary","tag-france-in-american-war-of-independence","tag-france-vs-britain-colonial-wars","tag-franco-american-alliance","tag-french-navy-american-revolution","tag-george-washington","tag-historical-documentary","tag-history","tag-how-america-won-independence","tag-king-louis-xvi","tag-revolutionary-war-facts","tag-seven-years-war-1756","tag-timestamp","tag-us-independence","tag-yorktown-1781-battle","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4155150678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}