040 For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington & the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789
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 “His Highness the President?” Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon, autho...
28 Jul 201545min
039 The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding
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 Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding. We explor...
21 Jul 201552min
038 Magna Carta & Its Gifts to North America
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 England and his successors in 1215. Today, Magna Carta and its f...
14 Jul 201552min
037 Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution
What battle proved to be the turning point of the American War for Independence? If you answered Saratoga, you are in general agreement with most scholars of the American Revolution. General John Bu...
7 Jul 201546min
036 Competing Visions of Empire
How and where did the colonies of North America and the Caribbean fit within the British Empire? The answer to this question depends on whether you explore the views of a British imperial officer, su...
30 Jun 201552min
Bonus: Lafayette & the Hermione
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 the Friends of Hermione-Lafayette in America build an exact re...
26 Jun 201530min
035 Historic Hudson Valley and Washington Irving
Washington Irving was an historian and writer. Some historians and biographers have called him the first great American author. Today, Michael Lord, Director of Education at Historic Hudson Valley, ...
23 Jun 201539min
034 Andrew Jackson, Southerner
The Hero of New Orleans. Old Hickory. General. President of the United States. Andrew Jackson held and embodied all of these titles and nicknames. During his lifetime, Jackson served as one of the m...
16 Jun 201551min
