122 The Men Who Lost America
Did the Americans win the War for Independence? Or did the British simply lose the war? The history of the American War for Independence is complicated. And history books tell many different versions...
21 Feb 201748min
121 The Dutch Moment in the 17th-Century Atlantic World
The Spanish, French, and English played large roles in the origins of colonial America. But so too did the Dutch. During the 17th century, they had a “moment" in which they influenced European coloniz...
14 Feb 201741min
120 A History of Mail Order Brides in Early America
How do you build colonies without women? Most of the colonial adventurers from England and France who set out for Jamestown, New France, and colonial Louisiana were men. But how do you build and sust...
7 Feb 201753min
119 The Heart of the Declaration
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia moved that the Second Continental Congress resolve “that these United Colonies are, and of right out to be, free and independent States…” The Second Con...
31 Jan 201756min
118 The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island
How did the smallest colony and smallest state in the union became the largest American participant in the slave trade? Christy Clark-Pujara, an Assistant Professor in the Department of African-Ameri...
24 Jan 201757min
117 The Life and Ideas of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson wrote about liberty and freedom and yet owned over six hundred slaves during his lifetime. He’s a founder who many of us have a hard time understanding. This why we need an expert t...
17 Jan 201747min
116 Disease & The Seven Years' War
When we think of the French and Indian, or Seven Years’ War, we often think of battles: The Monongahela, Ticonderoga, Québec. Yet, wars aren’t just about battles. They’re about people and governments ...
10 Jan 201747min
115 The Early American History of Texas
Like many states in the south and west, Texas has an interesting early American past that begins with Native American settlement followed by Spanish colonization. It's also a state that was an indepen...
3 Jan 201755min
