How the American Revolution kicked off a global 'age of revolutions'

This Fourth of July marks 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Although a defining moment for the US, life, liberty and happiness" were not strictly American pursuits - and indeed the Declaration explicitly addresses the larger world. As we approach US Independence Day, The World is taking a look at the American Revolution and its global reverberations. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, author of the 2024 book, The Age of Revolutions: And the Generations Who Made It."