018 Our Declaration
Do you know who authored the Declaration of Independence? If you answered “Thomas Jefferson,” you would be wrong. Jefferson merely wrote the first draft of a document others created. In this episode...
24 Feb 201548min
017 When the United States Spoke French
Parlez-vous Français? Do you speak French? Believe it or not in the 1790s many Americans spoke French. They may not have spoken the French language, but they understood and embraced French culture,...
17 Feb 201553min
016 The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
The United States claimed victory in the War of 1812, but did you know that the British nearly won the war by promising freedom to escaped slaves in Virginia and Maryland? Two-time Pulitzer Prize win...
10 Feb 201543min
015 Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue as part of the great European quest to find new routes and shortcuts to the spice islands and territories of Asia. Spain and Portugal led this ques...
3 Feb 201544min
014 West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776
Did you know that Russian activities in North America caused the Spanish to colonize California? When we think of North America in 1776, our minds take us to the Atlantic seaboard where inhabitants i...
27 Jan 201542min
013 Charity & Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
We tend to view gay marriage as a cultural and legal development of the 21st century. But did you know that some early Americans lived openly in same-sex marriages? Rachel Hope Cleves, an Associat...
20 Jan 201555min
012 True Yankees: The South Seas and the Discovery of American Identity
Did you know that Americans undertook their first trade mission to China in February 1784? In fact, a mercantile partnership led by Robert Morris sent the Empress of China, a 360 ton ship to Canton, ...
13 Jan 201549min
011 The Woodlands Historic Site of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania plays host to many historic sites associated with our early American history: Carpenters Hall, Independence Hall, and the Betsy Ross House represent just a few of this city'...
6 Jan 201543min
