191 A New History of King Philip's War
King Philip’s War is an event that appears over and over again in books about colonial America. So when you have an event that has been as studied as King Philip’s War has been, is there anything new...
19 Jun 20181h 6min
190 Origins of the American Middle Class
As many as 70 percent of Americans consider themselves to be members of the middle class. But if you consider income as a qualifier for membership, only about 50 percent of Americans qualify for membe...
12 Jun 201852min
189 The Little Ice Age
We’re living in a period of climate change. Our Earth has been getting warmer since the mid-19th century. So how will humans adapt to and endure this period of global warming? Will they adapt to it a...
5 Jun 201853min
188 The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
The Alien and Sedition Acts consisted of four laws enacted by the United States government in 1798. The United States passed these laws during a time of great uncertainty, a time when many Americans f...
29 Mai 201858min
187 Sport in Early America
Our present-day American culture is obsessed with sports. To cite just two pieces of evidence of this, on average, more than 67,000 fans attend each National Football League game and more than 30,000 ...
22 Mai 201852min
186 The New Map of the British Empire
As a result of Great Britain’s victory in the Seven Years’ War, British North America expanded so that it stretched from the Atlantic seaboard west to the Mississippi River and from Hudson Bay and the...
15 Mai 20181h 7min
185 Early New York City and its Culture
Who should determine our culture and the morals our society follows? Culture, or the intellectual achievements, attitudes, and behaviors of our particular places and social groups, is all around us. ...
8 Mai 201858min
184 Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America
Early North America was a place rife with violent conflict. Between the 17th and 19th centuries we see a lot of conflict between different Native American peoples, Native American peoples and colonist...
1 Mai 201857min
