211 Considering John Marshall, Part 2 (Doing History)
Can a biography help us explore big historical questions? Can knowing about the life of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, help us better understand the Supre...
6 Nov 20181h 12min
210 Considering John Marshall, Part 1 (Doing History)
For 34 years, John Marshall presided as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. During his service, Marshal transformed the nation’s top court and its judicial branch into the powerful b...
30 Okt 20181h 17min
209 Considering Biography (Doing History)
Biography. Since the earliest days of the United States, and even before the thirteen colonies came together to forge a nation, Americans have been interested in biography. But why? What is it about ...
23 Okt 20181h 37min
208 Turning Points of the American Revolution
2018 marks the 241st anniversary of the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga and the 240th anniversary of the Franco-American Alliance. But was the victory that prompted the French to join the A...
16 Okt 201856min
207 Young Benjamin Franklin
What in the first 40 years of his life made Benjamin Franklin the genius he became? Benjamin Franklin serves as a great window on to the early American past because as a man of “variety” he pursued m...
9 Okt 20181h 4min
206 Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World
Between 1500 and the 1860s, Europeans and Americans forcibly removed approximately 12 million African people from the African continent, transported them to the Americas, and enslaved them. Why did E...
2 Okt 201858min
205 First Ladies of the Republic
La Presidente? The Presidentess? The First Lady of the Land? The Second Article of the United States Constitution defines the Executive Branch of the government, the powers it has, and the role of th...
25 Sep 201854min
204 The Burr Conspiracy
Aaron Burr: Revolutionary War hero, talented lawyer, Vice President, and Intriguer of treason? Between 1805 and 1807, Aaron Burr supposedly intended to commit treason by dividing the American union. ...
18 Sep 20181h 2min
