182 Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: The Great Awakening in New England
What was it like to live through an extraordinary time? The 1740s and 1750s proved to be an extraordinary time for many ordinary New Englanders. It was a period when itinerant preachers swept through...
17 Apr 20181h
181 The Martyr and the Traitor: Nathan Hale & Moses Dunbar
Why did early Americans choose to become patriots or loyalists during the American Revolution? How did they make the decision to either stand with or against their neighbors? Did political beliefs r...
10 Apr 201855min
180 Alexander Hamilton and the Making of American Law
The legacy of Alexander Hamilton tells us that he was Thomas Jefferson’s political rival, a man who fought to secure strong powers for the national government, and the first Secretary of the Treasury....
3 Apr 20181h 1min
Bonus: Listener Q&A About Religion in Early New England
Douglas Winiarski answers your questions about religion in early New England with details from his book, Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century Ne...
30 Mar 201810min
179 After the Revolution: Governance During the Critical Period
The Confederation period is one of the most neglected aspects of United States History. And yet, it’s a very important period. Between 1781 and 1789, the Confederation Congress established by the Arti...
27 Mar 20181h 6min
178 Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America
In 1535, Spanish holdings in the Americas proved so great that the Spanish government created the Viceroyalty of New Spain to govern all territory north of the Isthmus of Panama. The jurisdiction of ...
20 Mar 201851min
177 The Social Life of Maps in America
Did you know that maps have social lives? Maps facilitate a lot of different social and political relationships between people and nations. And they did a lot of this work for Americans throughout th...
13 Mar 201857min
176 The Value of the Enslaved From Womb to Grave
What did it mean to be a person and to also be a commodity in early America? Daina Ramey Berry, author of The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Bui...
6 Mar 201851min
