US History in 5 Minutes or Less: Recent Episodes
Paul Glenn
A short overview of US history, created for my 8th grade students.
Contact me at ushistoryin5@gmail.com
Note: the "5 minutes or less applies" is a guideline, not a hard and fast rule.
How did the U.S. Constitution become the law of the land?
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How did the Constitutional Convention change America's government?
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What was the first national government of the U.S. like?
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How did the Revolutionary War end?
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Why did the British take the war to the South? What happened when they got there?
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Where was the Revolutionary War fought besides the 13 colonies?
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Why is Saratoga called the turning point of the war?
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What was the background to the Saratoga campaign? How did individual personalities affect the outcome of the campaign?
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After way too long of a delay, I'm back to discuss 1776--from the publication of "Common Sense" through Washington probably saving the Revolution.
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What happened after the Battle of Concord? Why did Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold hate each other? How did Henry Knox help the Americans achieve a big victory?
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How did tea lead to the Revolutionary War?
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What was the Boston Massacre? Why did it happen?
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How did British war debt lead to conflict between the British and the colonists?
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How did the French and Indian War affect the relationship between the British government and the American colonists?
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What was this war about? Who won? And why?
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How did the colonies govern themselves?
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How did the geography of the 13 colonies affect their economies and societies?
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Who were the pilgrims? Why did they come to the Americas? Did they celebrate the first Thanksgivig?
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How did the first British colony in North America come to be?
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This episode is a bit longer than 5 minutes, but it's an important topic, and I wanted to get more information in.
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Once Spain began to get rich and powerful from its American colonies, other European countries wanted in on the action. Also, conflict between religions spill over into the Americas.
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What effect dd the Europeans have on the Africans and Americans?
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So Columbus did't discover America. Then what did he do? And why is he so important?
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This is a podcast created for my 8th grade history students to summarize U.S. history.
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I take a very quick tour of the 3 regions that would come together in the Americas: Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans.
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