201 Art, Politics, and Everyday Life in Early America
What kind of character should Americans have? Is it possible to create a shared sense of national character and identity that all Americans can subscribe to? Americans grappled with many questions ab...
28 Elo 20181h 5min
200 Everyday Life in Early America
What would you like to know about Early American History? It turns out, you wanted to know about the establishment of schools, how the colonial postal service worked, and about aspects of health and ...
21 Elo 20181h 26min
199 Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of the Empire
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 worked in European metropoles? What about Native Americans? ...
14 Elo 201841min
198 Saltwater Frontier: Native Americans and the Contest for the Northeastern Coast
When we think of Native Americans, many of us think of inland dwellers. People adept at navigating forests and rivers and the skilled hunters and horsemen who lived and hunted on the American Plains. ...
7 Elo 201856min
197 Native American Slavery in New France
When we think about early American slavery, our minds evoke images of plantations where enslaved men and women were forced to labor in agricultural fields and inside the homes of wealthy Americans. T...
31 Heinä 201858min
196 Information Exchange in the Early Southeast
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, entertainment news, and congressional votes. But what do ...
24 Heinä 201843min
195 Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine
In 1705 a group of colonists in Simsbury, Connecticut founded a copper mine, which the Connecticut General Assembly purchased and turned into a prison in 1773. How did an old copper mine function as ...
17 Heinä 201842min
194 Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
As part of its mission, the National Park Service seeks to protect and preserve places saved by the American people so that all may experience the heritage of the United States. These places include t...
10 Heinä 20181h 2min
