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090 The Age of American Revolutions
Episode 90
The American Revolution inspired revolutions in France, the Caribbean, and in Latin and South America between the late 18th and mid-19th cen…
10 years, 2 months ago
089 Slavery & Freedom in Early Maryland
Episode 89
How do you uncover the life of a slave who left no paper trail?
What can her everyday life tell us about slavery, how it was practiced, and …
10 years, 2 months ago
088 The History of History Writing (Doing History)
Episode 88
Historians rely on secondary historical sources almost as much as they rely on primary historical sources.
But what are secondary historical…
10 years, 3 months ago
087 Shays's Rebellion
Episode 87
After achieving independence from Great Britain, the new United States and its member states had to pay war debts. As the national governmen…
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086 Benjamin Franklin in London
Episode 86
Over the course of his long life, Benjamin Franklin traveled to and lived in London twice. The first time he went as a teenager. The second …
10 years, 3 months ago
085 American Loyalists in Canada
Episode 85
The War for Independence was a conflict between Great Britain and her 13 North American colonies. It was also a civil war.
Not only did the …
10 years, 3 months ago
084 How Historians Read Historical Sources (Doing History)
Episode 84
What do historians do with historical sources once they find them?
How do they read them for information about the past?
Today, Zara Anishan…
10 years, 4 months ago
083 Unfreedom: Slavery in Colonial Boston
Episode 83
Colonial Bostonians practiced slavery. But slavery in Boston looked very different than slavery in the American south or in the Caribbean.
T…
10 years, 4 months ago
082 Information and Communication in the Early American South
Episode 82
We live in an age of information. The internet provides us with 24/7 access to all types of information—news, how-to articles, sports scores…
10 years, 4 months ago
081 After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence
Episode 81
When did the fighting of the American War for Independence end?
In school we learn that the war came to an end at Yorktown. But, this lesson…
10 years, 4 months ago