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147 Benjamin Franklin in London
Episode 149
Over the course of his long life, Benjamin Franklin traveled to and lived in London on two different occasions. The first time he went as a …
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148 Betsy Ross
Episode 148
How did everyday men and women experience life in the colonial America?
How did the American Revolution transform their work and personal li…
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147 British Soldiers, American War
Episode 147
What about the British Redcoats?
When we discuss the military history of the American War for Independence, we tend to focus on specific bat…
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146 George Washington's Revolution
Episode 146
What drove George Washington to become a Patriot during the American Revolution?
How did he overcome the ill-trained and inexperienced troop…
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145 Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution
Episode 145
Mercy Otis Warren wasn’t your typical early American woman. She was a woman with strong political viewpoints, which she wrote about and publ…
9 years, 2 months ago
144 The Common Cause of the American Revolution
Episode 144
How do you get people living in thirteen different colonies to come together and fight for independence?
What ideas and experiences would ev…
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143 The Making of the United States Constitution
Episode 143
How did the framers draft the Constitution of 1787? What powers does the Constitution provide the federal government? Why do we elect the Pr…
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142 A History of Abolition in America
Episode 142
Most histories of American abolitionism begin just before the Civil War, during the Antebellum period. But the movement to end chattel slave…
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141 A Declaration in Draft (Doing History)
Episode 144
The Declaration of Independence stands first in a series of documents that founded the United States. It also stands as an early step in the…
9 years, 3 months ago
140 Nathaniel Bowditch: 19th-Century Man of Business, Science, & the Sea
Episode 140
Nathaniel Bowditch worked as a navigator, mathematician, astronomer, and business innovator. Over the course of his lifetime, his fellow Ame…
9 years, 3 months ago