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042 A History of the Republican Party
Episode 42
Is the Republican Party, the party of Abraham Lincoln?
The United States has entered presidential primary season, which means it won’t be lo…
11 years, 1 month ago
041 Canada and the American Revolution
Episode 41
Did Canada almost join the American Revolution?
In September 1775, Major-General Philip Schuyler launched the Patriot’s invasion into Canada…
11 years, 1 month ago
040 George Washington & the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789
Episode 40
Today we address the President of the United States as “Mr. President.” But did you know that the proper title for the office was almost “Hi…
11 years, 2 months ago
039 The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding
Episode 39
The American Revolution was a revolution against Parliament not a king.
This is the idea offered by Eric Nelson in his new book The Royalist…
11 years, 2 months ago
038 Magna Cara & Its Gifts to North America
Episode 38
Are you ready to time travel?
2015 marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, a document created to limit the powers of King John of Englan…
11 years, 2 months ago
037 Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution
Episode 37
What battle proved to be the turning point of the American War for Independence?
If you answered Saratoga, you are in general agreement with…
11 years, 2 months ago
036 Competing Visions of Empire: The Origins of the British Empire
Episode 36
How and where did the colonies of North America and the Caribbean fit within the British Empire?
The answer to this question depends on whet…
11 years, 3 months ago
Bonus: Lafayette & the Herminoe
Episode 35
Who was the Marquis de Lafayette? How did he make the Patriots’ success in the American Revolution possible? And why did a group known as th…
11 years, 3 months ago
035 Historic Hudson Valley and Washington Irving
Episode 35
Washington Irving was an historian and writer. Some historians and biographers have called him the first great American author.
Today, Mich…
11 years, 3 months ago
034 Andrew Jackson, Southerner
Episode 34
The Hero of New Orleans. Old Hickory. General. President of the United States. Andrew Jackson held and embodied all of these titles and nick…
11 years, 3 months ago