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257 Elizabeth Seton: An Early American Life
Episode 257
What was it like to live as a woman of faith in early republic America? What was it like to live as a Catholic in the early United States?
C…
7 years ago
256 Mapping Empire in the Chesapeake
Episode 256
How do empires come to be? How are empires made and who makes them? What role do maps play in making empires?
Christian Koot is a Professor…
7 years ago
255 Birthright Citizenship
Episode 255
Who gets to be a citizen of the United States? How does the United States define who belongs to the nation?
Early Americans asked and grappl…
7 years ago
254 The Money Question in Early America
Episode 254
We read and hear a lot about money. We read and hear about fluctuations in the value of the Dollar, Pound, and Euro, interest rates and who …
7 years, 1 month ago
253 Life and Revolution in Boston and Grenada
Episode 253
What can a family history tell us about revolutionary and early republic America?
What can the letters of a wife and mother tell us about li…
7 years, 1 month ago
252 The Highland Soldier in North America
Episode 252
Much of early American history comprises stories of empire and how different Native, European, and Euro-American nations vied for control of…
7 years, 1 month ago
251 Frontiers of Science
Episode 251
What did early Americans think about science? And how did they pursue and develop their knowledge of it?
Cameron Strang, an Assistant Profes…
7 years, 1 month ago
250 Virginia, 1619
Episode 250
2019 marks the 400th anniversary of two important events in American History: The creation of the first representative assembly in English N…
7 years, 2 months ago
249 BFW Road Trip: James Monroe's Highland
Episode 249
Between 1789 and 1825, five men would serve as President of the United States. Four of them hailed from Virginia.
Many of us know details ab…
7 years, 2 months ago
248 BFW Road Trip: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Episode 248
Not all historians publish their findings about history in books and articles. Some historians convey knowledge about history to the public …
7 years, 2 months ago