355 The Virginia Venture
On April 10th, 1606, King James I granted the Virginia Company of London a charter. Just over a year later, on May 14, 1607, this privately-funded, joint-stock company established the first, permanent...
11 Huhti 202355min
354 The Sewing Girl's Tale
History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. It also allows us to look back and see how far we’ve come as people and societies. Of course, history also has the power to show us how li...
28 Maalis 20231h 8min
353 Women and the Making of Catawba Identity
How did Indigenous people adapt to and survive the onslaught of Indigenous warfare, European diseases, and population loss between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries? How did past generations of I...
14 Maalis 202357min
352 James Forten and the Making of the United States
People of African descent have made great contributions to the United States and its history. Think about all of the food, music, dance, medicine, farming and religious practices that people of Africa...
28 Helmi 202349min
351 Wealth and Slavery in New Netherland
African chattel slavery, the predominant type of slavery practiced in colonial North America and the early United States, did not represent one monolithic practice of slavery. Practices of slavery var...
14 Helmi 202352min
350 The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Before the American Revolution became a war and a fight for independence, the Revolution was a movement and protest for more local control of government. So how did the American Revolution get started...
31 Tammi 20231h 2min
349 The Women Behind Benjamin Franklin
There are a lot of books about Benjamin Franklin. They tell us about his youth and accomplishments in business, politics, and diplomacy. They tell us about his serious interest in electricity and scie...
17 Tammi 20231h 5min
348 Valley Forge
On December 19, 1777, George Washington marched his Continental Army into its winter encampment at Valley Forge. In school we learned this was a hard, cold winter that saw the soldiers so ill-supplied...
3 Tammi 20231h 6min
