The First Continental Congress of 1774: Boycotts, Unity, and Compromise
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When 56 delegates from 12 colonies met at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia in September 1774, fe...
3 Okt 24min
The Erie Canal: How Clinton's Ditch Built the Empire State
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Thomas Jefferson called a 360-mile canal through upstate New York little short of madness, yet t...
3 Okt 22min
The Connecticut Compromise: How Big and Small States Built Congress
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Constitutional Convention of 1787 nearly collapsed as delegates from small states threatened...
3 Okt 20min
The Brown Bess Musket: Britain's Longest-Serving Infantry Weapon
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3 Okt 19min
The Election of 1800: Jefferson, Burr, Hamilton, and a 36-Ballot Crisis
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The presidential election of 1800 pitted a sitting vice president against the president he serve...
3 Okt 24min
Fries's Rebellion: The Window Tax Revolt That Shook John Adams
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1798, Congress passed a $2 million direct tax to fund the Quasi-War with France, and assessor...
3 Okt 21min
The Boston Massacre: Riot, Propaganda, and John Adams' Defense
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On March 5, 1770, an argument over an unpaid wig between a teenage apprentice and a British sent...
3 Okt 23min
Francis Scott Key: The Star-Spangled Banner and Its Contradictions
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Francis Scott Key was a Georgetown lawyer, not a soldier or poet, when he sailed under a flag of...
3 Okt 22min
