Stories of American History: Recent Episodes
Paul Wonning
Listeners will hear podcasts about the great nation that we call the United States of America. Visit the author's web site at Mossy Feet Books
American Row Galleys Attack British Ships
Today the author talks about the day American row galleys attacked a flotilla of British warships, as well as some other events of the week of August 2 through the eighth. Included in these events was the engrossing of the Declaration of Independence, which made it official.
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The American Revolution - 1776
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The Battle of Esseneca
Greetings, today I will relate the events that occurred during the week of July 26 through August 1. The Battle of Essenca is the most important event, however I will also relate several other events that took place at that time.
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The American Revolution - 1776
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John Dickinson Submits the Articles of Confederation
During this tumultuous week Continental Congressman John Dickinson submitted the first draft of the United State's first form of government, the Articles of Confederation
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The American Revolution - 1776
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Council of War at Crown Point
Greetings, today I will talk about a council of war held at Crown Point in New York.
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The American Revolution - 1776
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The colonies suffered emotional ebbs and flows as the fateful year of 1776 unfolded. In the north the British army drove the American invasion force slowly back south. Henry Knox struggled over icy rivers and frozen terrain as he hauled his "Noble Train of Artillery," south to aid Washington's siege of Boston. When he arrived, Washington used Knox's hard-fought cannon to force General Howe to abandon Boston. Elation swept the new nation as July 4 brought in the long-anticipated Declaration of Independence. Elation turned to despair as the British invaded New York and slowly drove Washington's inexperienced army to the brink of disaster, starting with the Battle of Long Island.
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The American Revolution - 1776
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Independence Day
Greetings, today I will talk about the evolution of the Declaration of Independence in honor of the nation's 250th birthday.
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The American Revolution - 1776
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Battle of Sullivan's Island
Greetings, today I will talk about one of the most important battles that took place during the early years of the American Revolution, the Battle of Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina. South Carolina at the time was the riches of the 13 colonies and supplied most of rice and indigo for the colonies.
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The American Revolution - 1776
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Clearing the Last Ships From Boston Harbor
Greetings, today the author talks about how General Benjamin Lincoln cleared the last British ships from Boston Harbor and other important events of the week of June 14 - 20.
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The American Revolution - 1776
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June 7, 1776 - Richard Henry Lee Introduced Resolution for Declaration of Independence
This week the author discusses the events of the week of June 7 - 13. This was the week that Richard Henry Lee introduced the Resolution of Declaration of Independence to Congress.
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Thomas Hickey Joins Conspiracy to Kill Washington
Today I will talk about the beginning of the plot to assassinate, or kidnap, General George Washington. I will also relate some of the other events that happed that week. To read the full versions, purchase and read my book, The American Revolution - 1776.
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United State History Series
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- A Busy Week During the Revolution
Greetings, today I will relate a series of events in May 1776.
No big events occurred during the week of May 24 - 31, however a potpourri of smaller, consequential events took place that would have important results later on.
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The book is now finished and is available on Amazon in softbound, ebook and audio book formats.
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King Charles I Grants 2nd Lord Baltimore Rights To Chesapeake Bay Area
Today the author talks about Lord Calvert and the establishment of the Maryland colony as a refuge for Catholics.
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The First Execution for a Crime in British North America
Greetings, today I will talk about the first recorded execution for a crime to take place in British North America.
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Colonial American History Stories - 1215 - 1664
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Greetings, today I will talk about a familiar eating utensil which was not so familiar in the early 17th Century.
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Charles I grants Royal Assent to the Petition of Right
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The Beginnings of New Netherlands
Greetings, today I will talk about the Dutch establishment of New Netherlands, which later became New York.
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The Earliest Possible Date for the First Thanksgiving Day
Today the author will talk about the earliest date for the first thanksgiving day.
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September 04, 1622 - Ill Fated Treasure Ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha Departs Havanna
Today I will relate the tale of the Spanish treasure ship Nuestra Senora De Atocha.
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Today I will talk about the first sightings of the European honeybeen in North America.
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Boston Tea Party
Today I will talk about one of the seminal events in pre-revolutionary America, the Boston Tea Party.
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A Day in United States History - Book 1
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Beginning of the Boston Impressments - Sparked the Knowles Riots
Today I will talk about the British practice of impressments in Boston that led to a series of riots.
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Royal Proclamation of 1763
Today I will talk about the Proclamation of 1763 and its effect on the American colonists.
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First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia
Today I will talk about the First Continental Congress and its first meeting in September 1774.
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Stamp Act Riots - Stamp Distributor Andrew Oliver Hanged in Effigy
Today's episode relates the growing anger against British rule when Bostonians hung Stamp Distributor Andrew Oliver in effigy.
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The Abduction and Rescue of Jemima Boone
this episode relates the experiences of Jemima Boone and two of her friends when they were kidnapped by a band of Shawnee and Cherokee warriors on July 14, 1775. Her father, Daniel Boone responded by assembling a group of men to mount a rescue mission.
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First of the Hutchinson Letters Published
This episode relates the publication of the Hutchinson Letters, which Benjamin Franklin had leaked to the Speaker of the House in Massachusetts while he was living in London. The leaked letters infuriated and already irritated American audience.
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Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke Colony Part 2
The last episode related how Richard Grenville returned to Roanoke Island to find the colony deserted, as Sir Walter Raleigh had rescued the beleaguered settlers some days before Grenville arrived with fresh supplies. This episode is the conclusion of the tale of Roanoke Island.
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Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke Colony
Today the author talks about Sir Walter Raleigh's attempt at the settlement of Roanoke, Virginia.
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert And His Ill Fated Attempt To Settle Newfoundland
Today the author talks about the exploits of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and his attempt to settle Newfoundland.
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Pedro Menéndez de Aviles and the Founding Of St. Augustine
Today I will talk about Pedro Menéndez de Aviles and the Founding Of St. Augustine
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Colonial American History Stories - 1215 - 1664
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Coronado's Search For The 7 Cities Of Gold
In this episode I will talk about Francisco Vasquez De Coronado and his search for the Seven Cities of Gold.
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The Early American Explorers
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Today you will hear about Hernando De Soto's disastrous expedition from Florida to the Mississippi River on May 28, 1539.
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Today I will talk about the Pánfilo de Narváez Explorations. Narvaez was another one of the lesser known explorers. His disastrous expedition was one of the earliest to reach the current state of Texas.
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The Explorations of Giovanni da Verrazzano
Today I will talk about Giovanni da Verrazzano, one of the lesser known explorers. Though he established no settlements he embarked on the earliest recorded exploratory mission of North America.
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Christopher Columbus' Fourth Voyage, Death and His Wanderings After Death
Greetings, today I will talk about Christopher Columbus' final voyage, his death and his wanderings after death.
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Colonial American History Stories - 1215 - 1664
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Christopher Columbus' Third Voyage
Today I will talk about Columbus' third voyage to the New World.
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The First New World Spanish Settlement
Today I will talk about the first Spanish settlement in the New World and the conclusion of Columbus' second voyage.
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Columbus' Second Voyage Begins and Finds Mystery at La Navidad
Today I discus the beginning of Columbus' second voyage of discovery and the return to La Navidad.
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Columbus' Crew Imprisoned, Released and the Return to Spain
Today I will talk about Columbus perilous voyage back to Spain.
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Division of the fleet, First Spanish Settlement, Mermaids and Return to Spain
From Cuba to the Grounding of the Santa Maria at Hispaniola
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Columbus on Cuba- Learns of Corn and Tobacco
Greetings, today we find Christopher Columbus exploring Cuba, looking for the Chinese Emperor.
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Columbus - San Salvador Island, Fernandina and on to Cuba
Today I will talk about Columbus' voyage and how he reached the New World.
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Democracy in America - The Early Documents
In this episode I announce the publication of my newest book, Democracy in America - The Early Documents
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Columbus Begins his Historic Voyage
Today we join Christopher Columbus as he begins his monumental voyage across the Atlantic.
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Reconquista Complete and Columbus Signs Contract
today the author discusses the completion of the Reconquista and the contract that would lead to great riches for Spain and a firm place in history for the previously obscure Christopher Columbus.
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Greetings, today I will talk about the initial meeting between Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella and tell a little bit about Columbus' life up to this point.
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Events Leading to Columbus' First Voyage
This episode discusses the events that led up to Christopher Columbus' first voyage of discovery.
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Great American History Stories - Conclusion
Greetings, today I will tell some more stories from my book, A Day in United States History - Book 2. This batch of 6 stories are from July through December and are much shortened versions of the articles in the book.
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Today I will tell some more stories from my book, A Day in United States History - Book 2. This batch of 6 stories are from January through June and are much shortened versions of the articles in the book.
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A Day in United States History - Book 2
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Today I will tell some more stories from my book, A Day in United States History - Book 1. This batch of stories are from July through December and are much shortened versions of the articles in the book.
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Some Selected American History Stories
Stories on this episode include a number of "firsts," for colonial America. They include the first hospital, the first magazine published, the first recorded St. Patrick's Day celebration, the 1712 New York Slave Rebellion, and the first deportation.
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Conquistadors and Missionaries
This episode discusses the Conquistadors that conquered much of South and Central America for the Spanish. The opening chapter of my book, The Early American Explorers, delves into this topic.
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The Early American Explorers
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Prince Henry the Navigator, Christopher Columbus and the Age of Discovery
The Age of Discovery took place from the 15th through the 17th Century and featured a vast expansion of the European's knowledge of the world. Two men played a crucial role in that era, Prince Henry the Navigator and Christopher Columbus. This episode discuss those two men, which form the opening chapters of the author's book, The New World Discoverers. Learn about the explorers that led the exodus of settlers that flooded into the New World.
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This episode talks about one of the earliest plans to unite the 13 colonies under one government, the Albany Plan of Union, which Benjamin Franklin proposed in July 1754.
A History of the United States Constitution
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In this episode I will talk about the third book in my United States History Series.
Political Parties and the Presidents
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A Short History of United States Politics Book 2
Today I will talk about the second book in my United States History Series. The book covers the political parties from the beginning of the Republic until the eve of the Civil War. The first political parties to appear were the Federalists, the Anti Federalists, the Anti-Administration Party and the Democratic-Republican Party.
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A History of the United States Constitution
The story of the United States Constitution begins with the Albany Plan of Union in 1754 and stretches into modern times with the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments. A Short History of the United States Constitution relates its history as well as many of the documents leading up to it.
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This series covers the story of the United States Constitution, the political parties and the elections of the United States. It includes short biographies of the Presidents, Vice Presidents, candidates for those offices as well as other people important to the United States' political parties and process.
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June 7, 1628 - Charles I grants Royal Assent to the Petition of Right
This episode talks about the Petition of Rights, signed by King Charles I on June 7, 1628. The document formed the basis of several amendments to the United States Constitution.
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Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664
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Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Puritans
This episode relates the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the immigration of the Puritan sect to the New World.
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Events at the Plymouth Colony
This episode includes several unrelated incidents in the history of the Plymouth Colony.
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September 21, 1621 – The Earliest Possible Date for the First Thanksgiving Day
This episode relates the beginning of the tradition of the Thanksgiving Day celebration. The earliest possible date for the first Thanksgiving is September 21, 1621
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The Tragic Sinking of the Spanish Treasure Ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha
This episode relates the fate of the Ill Fated Spanish Treasure Ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha.
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The First Report of European Honeybees in the Colonies
The honeybee is key to our food system, as it pollinates the crops we grow for food. This episode relates the introduction of this valuable insect into North America.
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Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands"
This episode relates the beginning of New Amsterdam, which eventually became the city of New York.
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Plymouth and the Pilgrims - Part 1
This episode begins the saga of the Pilgrims and the Plymouth Colony.
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Henry Hudson Enters Hudson River
This episode relates the voyage of Henry Hudson and his explorations of the Hudson River and Hudson's Bay.
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The Jamestown Colony Takes Shape
This episode completes the story of Jamestown, Virginia.
The tobacco industry in Virginia, which became one of the leading crops of the colonies, began when John Rolf sent samples of his crop to England. The beginnings of American self-governance had roots in Jamestown. The episode also includes the importation of the first blacks and the importance of indentured servitude to the new colony .
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Jamestown on the Edge
This episode continues the saga of the settlement of Jamestown.
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Jamestown - The Beginning
This is the first of three parts that deal with the founding of the first successful, permanent English settlement in North American, Jamestown.
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Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664
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Samuel Champlain and the founding of Quebec
Greetings, this episode relates the founding of Quebec by Samuel Champlain.
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The Explorations of Juan de Oñate and Sebastián Vizcaíno
In this episode we visit the explorations of Juan de Oñate and Sebastián Vizcaíno and their exploration of the American Southwest.
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke
In the wake of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's failed mission, Queen Elizabeth I renewed the patent for exploring North America, granting it to Sir Walter Raleigh, Gilbert's half brother on March 25, 1584. Raleigh used the patent to establish the Roanoke colony in 1586. Thus, England’s colonization of Virginia and North America had begun.
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The Voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert
This episode relates the voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert to New Foundland
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Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake departed from Plymouth, England on his great voyage to circumnavigate the earth on November 15, 1577.
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Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664
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French and Spanish Struggle for Control of Florida
This episode relates the struggle to control Florida by the French and the Spanish in 1565.
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Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's search for the Seven Cities of Gold.
This episode relates Francisco Vasques de Coronado's explorations in the American Southwest as well as his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold
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Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664
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The Disastrous Expedition of Hernando De Soto
This episode relates the disastrous expedition of Hernando De Soto from Florida to the shores of the Mississippi River.
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Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664
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The Explorations of Jaque Cartier
Jacques Cartier laid the seeds for the French colonization of Canada in 1534. This episode outlines his explorations.
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Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664
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The Disastrous Pánfilo de Narváez Expedition
this podcast relates the story of the disastrous Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to colonize Florida.
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Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664
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Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón's Quest to Settle South Carolina
In this episode we learn about Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón's attempt to settle on the North American mainland.
Giovanni da Verrazzano's Search for the Northwest Passage
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Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664
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This episode relates Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the Caribbean the next year.
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Colonial American History Stories - 1215 - 1664
Henry Hudson's North American Explorations
This episode recounts Henry Hudson't four voyages of Discovery to what is now New York and the Hudson Bay Region
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The New World Discoverers
First Use of the Name America
German geographers Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Ringmann, who published a book and map in 1507 that used the name "America," in reference to the region of South America in 1507. Since then the name has included both North and South America. German geographers Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Ringmann, who published a book and map in 1507 that used the name "America," in reference to the region of South America in 1507. Since then the name has included both North and South America.
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The New World Discoverers
Amerigo Vespucci Leaves For First Voyage To New World
The man from whom North and South America take their name made four documented voyages of discovery to the New World. The first departed from Cadiz, Spain on May 10, 1497. This episode discusses that voyage.
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The New World Discoverers
Britain's First New World Explorer - John Cabot
This episode relates the voyages of Britain's first New World Explorer when John Cabot embarked on his second voyage of discovery on May 2, 1497.
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The New World Discoverers
The United States History Series
This episode describes the authors United States History Series, which presently includes three books:
A History of the United States Constitution
A Short History of United States Politics – Book 1
US Political Parties and the Presidents - Book 2
The United States History Series
This week's episode is about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
A History of United States Presidential Elections - Book 2
This episode relates the biographies of the two principal adversaries at Appomatox Court House, Virginia, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert Edward Lee
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A History of United States Presidential Elections - Book 2
One of the seldom discussed events of the Civil War years is that Confederate election of 1861. The Confederacy only staged one election, as Union forces ended the Confederacy before they could hold another.
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A History of United States Presidential Elections - Book 2
This episode explains the process of voting in during the early days of the Republic in the 18th and 19th Centuries, as it is quite different from what we are used to in the 21st Century.
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A History of United States Presidential Elections - Book 2
The issue of slavery rose to the surface for the first time as a major issue in the election 1848. This episode relates the events of that election.
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A Short History of United States Politics – Book 1
The threat of secession arose several times prior to 1861, the first time during the Nullification Crises in the early 1800's.
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A Short History of United States Politics – Book 1
During this period of the election of 1800 the modern practice of mudslinging politics began to arise. The Election of 1800 featured former friends and now political foes, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
Listeners to this episode will learn about the first elections held under the Constitution as well as some of the early political parties that formed.
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A Short History of United States Politics – Book 1
Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led the leaders of the Confederation to call for a convention to revise them and correct the deficiencies. The delegates labored all summer, creating the Constitution of the United State, a document that governs government, not people.
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A History of the United States Constitution
The Articles of Confederation Become Law
The Second Continental Congress laid the foundation for the eventual United States Constitution when they adopted the Articles of Confederation in 1781.
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A History of the United States Constitution
The debt the British Parliament acquired during the Seven Years War led to them imposing the Stamp Act on the colonies. This would prove more expensive to them in the long run, as it created the dissatisfaction to British Rule that led to the Declaration of Independence eleven years later.
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A History of the United States Constitution
The long road to the adoption of the United States Constitution began with Benjamin Franklin in 1754 at Albany, New York.
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A History of the United States Constitution