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Episode 4 - The One Where Everyone Dies
In this week's Friends themed episode Newport sails back to London to report on the foundation of Jamestown, but in Virginia everything starts falling apart. There is an outbreak of Typhoid Fever, ev…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Episode 3 - Jamestown: The Settlement
Surprise early episode! This week introduce the Native Americans in the region, the Powhatan Confederacy. We look at their leadership, society and culture. We then actually found the Jamestown settle…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Episode 2 - Jamestown: The Voyage
This week we begin the real narrative. We look at the foundation of the Virginia Company, the failed settlement of St. George's Fort, North Virginia, and the voyage of the ships which would found Jam…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Episode 1 - The New World
This week we begin telling the story. We cover the early voyages by the French to the New World, see how New Spain gained control of Florida, and look at why England was so perfectly poised to be the…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Episode 0 - Pilot
Hello and welcome to A History of the United States. This episode gives an introduction to the project and myself.
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago