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Historical Context — 152 episodes
The 1701 Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges Explained | Historical Context
William Penn's Return & The Political Brawl in Pennsylvania | Historical Context
How William Penn Lost Control of Pennsylvania | Historical Context
First Contact: William Penn and the Lenni Lenape in Colonial America | Historical Context
The Founding of Pennsylvania & Philadelphia Explained | Historical Context
The End of the Puritan Theocracy: The 1691 Province Charter Explained | Historical Context
Inside the 1688 Anti-Catholic Panic of Virginia | Historical Context
The 1682 Virginia Plant-Cutting Riots | Primary Source from Historical Context
Inside the 1689 Boston Revolt | Primary Sources from Historical Context
Inside the 1687 Military Coup in Connecticut | Historical Context
The Dominion of New England & The Fall of Puritan Independence
The Fall of the Massachusetts Bay Charter | Historical Context
Inside the 1679 Royal Takeover of New Hampshire | Historical Context
The 1677 Defeat of Massachusetts Bay
Inside the Brutal Winter of King Philip's War
The Outbreak of King Philip's War | Primary Source from Historical Context (1675)
Inside the Massachusetts Bay Panic Over the Restoration
A New Province and Maryland Menaces
King Philip Riots and the Mohawks
The Return of the Orange
Mutiny and the Long Swede
The Fall of New Amsterdam
The Long Island Rebellion
Blood and Borders
The Gathering Storm
Culpeper's Rebellion
Smugglers, Taxes, and Traitors
A New Charlestown and Quaker Arrivals
The Grand Model
The Fall of Clarendon
Voyage to Port Royal
Paper Dreams and Swampy Realities
The Cape Fear Venture
The Lords Proprietor and the Next Charter of Carolina
The Southern Frontier and the Birth of Carolina
Historical Context Returns March 30th
"Rioting" in Virginia
Governor Culpepper versus The House of Burgesses
Absent Leadership in Virginia
Virginia's Leadership Transitions Again
Turning Against Berkeley: The Fallout of Bacon's Rebellion
The Conclusion of Bacon's Rebellion
The Violence and Destruction of Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon in His Own Words
Rebellion Breaks Out in Virginia
Prelude to Bacon's Rebellion
Virginia Through the Eyes of Governor Berkeley
The Dutch Attack Virginia
Virginia's Economy Crippled by War
Reflections and Thank You After 100 Episodes
Virginia's First Slave Rebellion and the Dutch Threat
The Restoration of Sir William Berkeley
The End of the English Commonwealth
New Netherlands During the English Commonwealth and The Destruction of New Sweden
Rhode Island: Divisive After United
The Threat of War and Quakers in Connecticut
The Hanging of Quakers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Fraud, Annexation, and Dissension at the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Battle of Severn and the Restoration of Lord Baltimore
Maryland is Seized by the Virginia Commissioners
The Height of Legislative Autonomy in the Virginia Colony
The Commonwealth of England, Part 1
The Rhode Island Colony Splits Into Two
Witch Trials and Peace Treaties in Connecticut
The Short Lived Colony of Maine
Anabaptists and Witchcraft at the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Virginia Commissioners Target Maryland
Under Threat: Maryland at the Start of the English Commonwealth
The Commonwealth of England Targets Virginia, Part 2
The Commonwealth of England Targets Virginia, Part 1
The Colonies at the End of the English Monarchy
How New Netherland Was Nearly Destroyed
New Albion: The Failed Irish Colony
The Connecticut Witch Trials
The Colonies Move Beyond the English Civil War
The English Civil War Arrives At the Colonies
New England Unites
Colonial America at the Start of the English Civil War
The MassachusettsBay/Plymouth Boundary Dispute
Scattered About: The Start of the Rhode Island Colony
The Connecticut Government Forms
Saybrook: The Short Lived Colony with Big Plans
A Colony Divided: The Anne Hutchinson Trial
Colonial America's First Regional War
The Pequot War and Puritan Division
The Start of the Pequot War
Tensions in the Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop Faces a Political Crisis
The Growth of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
A Mayflower Betrayal
New Netherland Grows and the Swedes Colonize America
By Force: Maryland Takes Kent Island, Part 2
By Force, Maryland Takes Kent Island, Part 1
Mutiny in Virginia, Part 2
Mutiny in Virginia, Part 1
Governor Harvey's Contentious Start in Virginia
The English Catholics Get Their Colony: The First Days at Maryland
From Newfoundland to Virginia to Maryland: The Story of George Calvert
Jamestown Struggles for Survival
The Dutch Colonize New Netherland
Speech: John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity"
Thomas Morton Stirs Up Trouble in Plymouth
Speech: Charles I Dissolves Parliament March 10, 1629
The Start of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The First Banishments at Plymouth
The Colonization of New Hampshire
The Destruction of the Weston Colony Brings Trying Times to Plymouth
The Plymouth Colony Gets Trouble From England
The First Thanksgiving and Christmas at Plymouth As Told By the Participants
The Plymouth Pilgrims Engage in Diplomacy
The Early Days of Plymouth and Native Encounters
From Compact to Colony: Plymouth Gets Its Start
Precursor to Plymouth and the Story of Squanto
Popham: The Failed Jamestown Twin Colony
Jamestown: The Virginia Company Goes Under
Massacre at Jamestown
Indentured Servitude and the Origins of Slavery at Jamestown
A Legislature Comes to Jamestown
Jamestown: The Truth and Tragic Death of Pocahontas
The Return to and Laws of Jamestown
Abandoning Jamestown
Jamestown: New Leadership, Same Problems
The Start of the Jamestown Colony
Before Jamestown: New Mexico and the Trial of the Acoma
Examining the Three Roanoke Colonies
Finding Roanoke Island: How the British Chose the Fateful Spot
Playing Both Sides: Sir Humphrey Gilbert and British Interest in America
Before Jamestown: The Spanish Mission and Massacre in Virginia
Before Jamestown: The First Diplomat and The Jesuit Missions
Before Jamestown: The Spanish Fight the French for American Colonization
Before Jamestown: The French Huguenots Colonize South Carolina
Cabrillo and the Exploration of the California Coast
Into the American Southwest, The Coronado Expedition, Part 2
Into the American Southwest, The Coronado Expedition, Part 1
De Soto's Expedition into the American Southeast, Part 3
De Soto's Expedition into the American Southeast, Part 2
De Soto's Expedition into the American Southeast, Part 1
The Eight Year Odyssey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Part 5
The Eight Year Odyssey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Part 4
The Eight Year Odyssey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Part 3
The Eight Year Odyssey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Part 2
The Eight Year Odyssey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Part 1
John de Verrazzano and the First Interactions with Natives of the Eastern United States
Juan Ponce de Leon: The General Custer of the 16th Century
John Cabot: The Amelia Earhart of the Turn of the 16th Century
The Destruction of the West Indies and the Legacy of Christopher Columbus
Redemption or Damnification: The Final Voyage of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus As A Prisoner
Rebellion and Detention: The Third Voyage of Christopher Columbus
Drama at Home and Abroad: The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus: A First Hand Account of His First Voyage to the New World, Part 2
Christopher Columbus: A First Hand Account of His First Voyage to the New World, Part 1