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285 Elections in Early America: Elections & Voting in the Early American Republic
Episode 285
Independence from Great Britain provided the former British American colonists the opportunity to create a new, more democratic government t…
5 years, 11 months ago
284 Elections in Early America: Democracy & Voting in British North America
Episode 284
The British North American colonies formed some of the most democratic governments in the world. But that doesn't mean that all early Americ…
6 years ago
Bonus: A Brief History of the United States Supreme Court
On Friday, September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, died.
Justice Ginsburg's death …
6 years ago
283 Acadie 300
Episode 283
2020 commemorates the 300th anniversary of French presence on Prince Edward Island. Like much of North America, the Canadian Maritime provin…
6 years ago
282 Tacky's Revolt
Episode 282
Between 1760 and 1761, Great Britain witnessed one of the largest slave insurrections in the history of its empire. Although the revolt took…
6 years ago
281 The Business of Slavery
Episode 281
We live in an age where big businesses track our shopping habits and in some cases our work habits. But is the age of data new? When did the…
6 years, 1 month ago
280 The British Are Coming
Episode 280
The American Revolution is embedded in the American character. It’s an event that can tell us who we are, how we came to be who we are, and …
6 years, 1 month ago
279 The Cabinet: Creation of an American Institution
Episode 279
As the first President of the United States, George Washington set many precedents for the new nation. One of the biggest precedents Washing…
6 years, 2 months ago
278 Polygamy: An Early American History
Episode 278
Polygamy is not a practice that often comes to mind when many of us think about early America. But it turns out, polygamy was a ubiquitous p…
6 years, 2 months ago
277 Whose Fourth of July
Episode 277
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech to an anti-slavery society and he famously asked “What to the Slave is the Fourth of …
6 years, 3 months ago