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
203 Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton the Musical hit Broadway in August 2015 and since that time people all around the world have been learning about a man named Alexander Hamilton. Or, at least they’ve been learning about the m...
11 Sep 20181h 3min
202 The Early History of the United States Congress
On September 17, 1787, a majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved the new form of government they had spent months drafting and submitted it to the 13 states for their ratif...
4 Sep 20181h 15min
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 Aug 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 Aug 20181h 26min
