The Monroe Doctrine: From Anti-Colonial Shield to Tool of U.S. Power
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1823 a young nation with a tiny army and navy told Europe's empires to stay out of the Wester...
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Boston's Liberty Tree: From Revolutionary Headquarters to Deli Special
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A massive elm planted around 1646 near Boston Common became the headquarters of colonial defianc...
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The Jay Treaty of 1794: Riots, Broken Friendships and a Nation Saved
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1794, a single diplomatic document pushed the young United States into chaos. Political carto...
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The Intolerable Acts of 1774: How Britain United the Colonies
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After the destruction of 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor, Parliament answered with a set of l...
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The Hartford Convention: How the Federalist Party Destroyed Itself
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The Louisiana Purchase: Haiti, Napoleon, and a Constitutional Crisis
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Thomas Jefferson sent diplomats to Paris to buy New Orleans and came back with roughly 800,000 s...
3 Okt 24min
Battle of the Chesapeake 1781: The Naval Clash That Won Yorktown
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The battle that sealed American independence was not fought on land but at sea, off the Virginia...
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Who Were the Founding Fathers? The Myth and the Messy Reality
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The phrase Founding Fathers was popularized by Warren G. Harding in 1916, long after the revolut...
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