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208 Turning Points of the American Revolution
Episode 208
2018 marks the 241st anniversary of the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga and the 240th anniversary of the Franco-American Alliance…
7 years, 11 months ago
207 Young Benjamin Franklin
Episode 207
What in the first 40 years of his life made Benjamin Franklin the genius he became?
Benjamin Franklin serves as a great window on to the ear…
7 years, 11 months ago
206 Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World
Episode 206
Between 1500 and the 1860s, Europeans and Americans forcibly removed approximately 12 million African people from the African continent, tra…
8 years ago
205 First Ladies of the Republic
Episode 205
La Presidente? The Presidentess? The First Lady of the Land?
The Second Article of the United States Constitution defines the Executive Bran…
8 years ago
204 The Burr Conspiracy
Episode 204
Aaron Burr: Revolutionary War hero, talented lawyer, Vice President, and Intriguer of treason?
Between 1805 and 1807, Aaron Burr supposedly …
8 years ago
203 Alexander Hamilton
Episode 203
Hamilton the Musical hit Broadway in August 2015 and since that time people all around the world have been learning about a man named Alexan…
8 years ago
202 The Early History of the United States Congress
Episode 202
On September 17, 1787, a majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved the new form of government they had spent month…
8 years, 1 month ago
201 Art, Politics, and Everyday Life in Early America
Episode 201
What kind of character should Americans have? Is it possible to create a shared sense of national character and identity that all Americans …
8 years, 1 month ago
200 Everyday Life in Early America
Episode 200
What would you like to know about Early American History?
It turns out, you wanted to know about the establishment of schools, how the colon…
8 years, 1 month ago
199 Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of the Empire
Episode 199
When we explore the history of early America, we often look at people who lived in North America. But what about the people who lived and wo…
8 years, 1 month ago