114 The History of Genealogy (Doing History)
History has a history and genealogy has a history. And the histories of both affect how and why we study the past and how we understand and view it. Today, we explore why it’s important for us to und...
27 Dec 201650min
113 Building the Empire State
After seven, long years of occupation, Americans found New York City in shambles after the British evacuation on November 25, 1783. Ten to twenty-five percent of the city had burned in 1776. The Brit...
20 Dec 201648min
112 The Tea Crisis of 1773 (Doing History Revolution)
On December 16, 1773, the colonists of Boston threw 342 chests of English East India Company tea into Boston Harbor, an act we remember as the “Boston Tea Party.” Have you ever wondered what drove th...
13 Dec 201647min
111 India in the Making of Britain and America, 1700-1830
Neither colonial North America nor the United States developed apart from the rest of the world. Since their founding, both the colonies and the United States have participated in the politics, econom...
6 Dec 201652min
110 How Genealogists Research (Doing History)
History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. Like history, genealogy studies people. It’s a field of study that can tell us who we are in a more exact sense by showing us how our anc...
29 Nov 201646min
109 The American Enlightenment & Cadwallader Colden
We’ve heard that the American Revolution took place during a period called “the Enlightenment.” But what was the Enlightenment? Was it an intellectual movement? A social movement? A scientific moveme...
22 Nov 201655min
108 The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright
Colonial America comprised many different cultural and political worlds. Most colonial Americans inhabited just one world, but today, we’re going to explore the life of a woman who lived in THREE colo...
15 Nov 201650min
107 Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention
When politicians, lawyers, and historians discuss the Constitutional Convention of 1787, they often rely on two sources: The promotional tracts collectively known as the Federalist Papers and James Ma...
8 Nov 201652min
