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The History of the Americans — 212 episodes

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#208 What You Need to Know About English Politics in the 1680s 1: The Exclusion Crisis

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#207 How Indians of the American West Acquired Horses

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#206 The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 2: The Siege of Santa Fe and the Flight to El Paso

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#205 The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 1: The Kindling of War

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#204 Albemarle Arises: Culpeper’s Rebellion

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#203 Sidebar: Henry Knox and the Noble Train of Artillery Part 2

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#202 Sidebar: Henry Knox and the Noble Train of Artillery Part 1

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#201 Bacon’s Aftermath 2: Restless Virginia and the Rise of Black Slavery

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#200 Sidebar Conversation: Matthew Restall on “The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus”

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#199 Bacon’s Aftermath 1: Diplomacy and Conspiracy 1677-1685

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#198 Bacon’s Rebellion 6: Recriminations

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#197 Bacon’s Rebellion 5: Bacon’s Lousy Luck

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#196 Bacon’s Rebellion 4: The Burning of Jamestown

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#195 Bacon’s Rebellion 3: Go Ahead, Shoot!

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#194 Bacon’s Rebellion 2: The Susquehannocks Strike Back

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#193 Bacon’s Rebellion 1: The Case of the Repossessed Hogs

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#192 Notes on Virginia 1644-1675

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#191 Augustine Herrman’s Map

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#190 Sidebar Conversation: Phil Magness on The 1619 Project

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#189 King Philip’s War 9: Aftermath

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#188 King Philip’s War 8: The Defeat of the Algonquians

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#187 King Philip’s War 7: The Turn of the Tide

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#186 King Philip’s War 6: The Awful Winter of 1676

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#185 King Philip’s War 5: Enter the Narragansetts

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#184 Sidebar: “The Soldier’s Faith,” a Memorial Day Speech (Encore Presentation)

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#183 Interview with Matthew J. Tuininga

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#182 King Philip’s War 4: “Wheeler’s Surprise” and the Problem of Counterinsurgency

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#181 Sidebar: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere 2: The Ride

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#180 Sidebar: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere 1: The Prelude

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#179 King Philip’s War 3: The Fire Spreads

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#178 King Philip’s War 2: Lighting the Match

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#177 King Philip’s War 1: The Kindling of War

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#176 Jolliet and Marquette: Loose Ends and Notes on Early Chicago

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#175 Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette Explore the “Mesippi”

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#174 Raid on America 3: “All Theyr Cry was for New Yorke!”

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#173 Raid on America 2: Kees the Devil Sails

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#172 Raid on America 1: Overview of the Anglo-Dutch Wars

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#171 New Jersey Is Revolting!

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#170 The First English Settlement of South Carolina

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#169 Lord Ashley, John Locke, and the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina

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#168 Barbadians Explore South Carolina

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#167 Ohhhh! Whaddabout New Jersey?

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#166 Introduction to the Columbian Exchange (Revised)

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#165 English Colonial Governance in a Nutshell: Charters, Proprietaries, and Royal Colonies

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#164 Sidebar Interview: David Beito on the New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights

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#163 The Fall of New Amsterdam and the Founding of New York

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#162 Spanish Florida and the “Republic of Indians”

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#161 Spanish Florida in the 1600s: Indian Wars, Yellow Fever, and Pirates!

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#160 The Official Founding of North Carolina

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#159 Sidebar: The Master of the Senate

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#158 The Free County of Albemarle

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#157 Carolana On My Mind

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#156 War on the Hudson Part 2

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#155 Sidebar: A Conversation with Amanda Bellows

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#154 War on the Hudson Part 1

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#153 Roger Williams Saves Rhode Island Again!

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#152 The Life and Times of Samuell Gorton

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#151 Rogues and Dogs and Fendall’s Rebellion

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#150 Regicides on the Run!

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#149 The End of New Haven Colony

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#148 The Founding of New Haven Colony

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#147 Interview with James Horn

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#146 Oliver’s Army: What You Need to Know About the English Civil Wars

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#145 The Witches of Springfield

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#144 Three Lost Voices From Early Maryland

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#143 Interview with Joseph Kelly

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#142 Sidebar: Oscar Hartzell and the Sir Francis Drake Estate Scam

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#141 The Life and Times of William Pynchon

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#140 New Sweden Part 3: The Fall

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#139 New Sweden Part 2: The Tough Guys Arrive

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#138 Sidebar Editorial: Notes on the American Historical Association Annual Meeting and the Teaching of History

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#137 An Overview of the European Settlement of the Northeast Before 1650

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#136 The “Plundering Time” Of Maryland Part 2

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#135 The “Plundering Time” Of Maryland Part 1

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#134 Sidebar: More Notes on Thanksgiving

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#133 Opechancanough’s Last Stand

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#132 Sidebar Conversation: Salina Baker on the Life of General Nathanael Greene

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#131 The Furry Geopolitics of the Eastern Seaboard 1630s-1660s

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#130 Willem Kieft’s War

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#129 Sidebar: Columbus Counterfactuals Revised

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#128 Philadelphia Area Meet-up Details and a Book Recommendation

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#128 Sidebar: The Comstock Act, Free Speech and the Legalization of Birth Control

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#127 Roger Williams Saves Rhode Island

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#126 The Founding of New Sweden

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#125 The Founding of Maryland Part 3: Making the Laws

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#124 Sidebar: The “Historical Sense”

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#123 The Founding of Maryland Part 2: The Ark and the Dove

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#122 The Founding of Maryland Part 1: Calvert’s Dream

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#121 Sidebar: John F. Kennedy’s Speech of July 4, 1946

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#120 Anne Hutchinson Part 3: Conviction and Legacy

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#119 Anne Hutchinson Part 2: Ordeal by Trial

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#118 The Dissenters: Anne Hutchinson Part 1

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#117 Sidebar: “The Soldier’s Faith,” a Memorial Day Speech

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#116 The Pequot War 3: Annihilation

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#115 The Pequot War 2: Blundering Into War

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#114 The Pequot War 1: The Geopolitics of New England in the 1630s

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#113 Sidebar Conversation: Melissa Darby on Sir Francis Drake and the Search for Novo Albion

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#112 That Time Maryland and Virginia Went to War

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#111 Washington Meet-up Details and Some Other Stuff

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#111 Jean Nicolet’s Journey to Wisconsin in 1634

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#110 Roger Williams Part 3: Into the Wild

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#109 Roger Williams Part 2: Expulsion

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#108 The Dissenters: Roger Williams Part 1

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#107 Sidebar Conversation: Kenny Ryan of the Abridged Presidential Histories Podcast

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#106 Introduction to Puritan Theology

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#105 The Settlement of Massachusetts Bay

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#104 The Massachusetts Puritans: What You Need to Know!

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#103 The Winthrop Fleet and the City on the Hill

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#102 The Rise of the Puritans Part 2: The Crisis of the Late 1620s

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#101 The Rise of the Puritans Part 1: Parliament Confronts the Crown

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#100 Sidebar Conversation: Eric Yanis of the Other States of America History Podcast

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#99 Fathoms of Wampum: Trade in New England and New Netherland in the 1620s-30s

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#98 A Kingdom of God on the Rio Grande

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#97 The Spanish Explore the Coast of California

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#96 Sidebar: Notes on Thanksgiving (Encore Presentation)

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#95 Sidebar: Notes From My Trip to Cuba and Other Stuff

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#94 The Lord of Misrule

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#93 The Purchase of Manhattan and Other Dutch Treats

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#92 Here Come The Dutch!

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#91 Sidebar: Considering Columbus Counterfactuals! (Encore presentation)

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#90 After the Sky Fell

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#89 Squanto’s Legacy and Pilgrim Anecdotes

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#88 The Pilgrims Play For Keeps

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#87 Opechancanough’s War

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#86 Who Was Opechancanough?

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#85 The Pilgrims Confront the Enemies Within

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#84 1621 in New England Part 2

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#83 1621 in New England Part 1

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#82 The Pilgrims Go Ashore

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#81 The Mayflower Sails

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#80 The Mayflower Moment in History

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#79 Sidebar: Daniel Webster’s Speech of July 4, 1800

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#78 In Virginia in 1619: Part 2

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#77 In Virginia in 1619: Part 1

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#76 The Road to Plymouth Part 3: Kidnapped!

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#75 The Road to Plymouth Part 2: John Smith’s Invention of New England and Some Other Stuff

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#74 Sidebar: Herbert Hoover’s Memorial Day Speech at Valley Forge

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#73 The Road to Plymouth Part 1: The First Pilgrims

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#72 Champlain Invades New York, Again

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#71 The Life and Times of Samuel Argall and Some Other Stuff

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#70 Sidebar: Justice Gorsuch and the “Insular Cases”

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#69 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 11: London Town

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#68 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 10: True Love

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#67 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 9: War!

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#0.1 Revised Introduction for New and Longstanding Listeners

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#66 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 8: The Emissaries

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#65 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 7: The Starving Time

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#64 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 6: Timeline 1609-1622

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#63 Hudson on the Hudson

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#62 Mohawk Down! Champlain invades New York

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#61 Samuel de Champlain on the Coast of Maine

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#60 Samuel de Champlain on the St. Lawrence

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#59 Introduction to Samuel de Champlain and Some Other Stuff

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#58 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 5

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#57 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 4

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#56 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 3

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#55 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 2

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#54 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 1

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#53 The Popham/Sagadahoc Colony and Other Adventures on the Coast of New England 1602-08 Part 2

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#52 The Popham/Sagadahoc Colony and Other Adventures on the Coast of New England 1602-08 Part 1

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#51 The Rediscovery of New Mexico and the Last Conquistadors 1580 – 1610

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#50 Novo Albion and Drake’s Legacy

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#49 Sidebar: Notes on Thanksgiving

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#48 Sidebar: Announcements and Some News From History Twitter

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#47 Epilogues and Consequences: After the Armada and the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke

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#46 The Defeat of the Spanish Armada and the Survival of Protestant England Part 2

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#45 The Defeat of the Spanish Armada and the Survival of Protestant England Part 1

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#44 Set Fair for Roanoke Part 4

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#43 Drake Burns Down the West Indies and St. Augustine!

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#42 Sidebar: Considering Columbus Counterfactuals!

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#41 Set Fair For Roanoke Part 3

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#40 Set Fair For Roanoke Part 2

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#39 Set Fair For Roanoke Part 1

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#38 The Road to the Roanoke Colonies

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#37 Sir Francis Drake: Around the World in 1018 Days Part 3

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#36 Sir Francis Drake: Around the World in 1018 Days Part 2

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#35 Sir Francis Drake: Around the World in 1018 Days Part 1

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#34 Drake’s War

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#33 Sir Francis Drake and the Rise of English Sea Power

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#32 Queen Elizabeth I: What You Need To Know!

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#31 England in the 1500s and the Rise of the Merchant Adventurers

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#30 The Spanish on the Atlantic Coast and the Strange Story of Don Luis

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#29 Sidebar: “The Author and Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” by Woodrow Wilson

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#28 Pedro Menendez, the Founding of St. Augustine and the Slaughter of the Huguenots: The Other Side of the Story

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#27 Charlesfort and the Massacre at Fort Caroline

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#26 Calamity at Pensacola

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#25 Sidebar: Taking Stock

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#24 The Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest Part 2

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#23 The Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest Part 1

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#22 Esteban and the Prelude to the Coronado Expedition

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#21 Sidebar: A Pirate’s Tale

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#20 The End of Hernando de Soto

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#19 Hernando de Soto Part 3

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#18 Hernando de Soto Part 2

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#17 Hernando de Soto Part 1

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#16 Sidebar: Bringing It All Together

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#15 Cabeza de Vaca Part 4

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#14 Cabeza de Vaca Part 3

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#13 The Narváez Expedition and Cabeza de Vaca Part 2

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#12 The Narváez Expedition and Cabeza de Vaca Part 1

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#11 Florida Man!

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#10 Giovanni da Verrazzano and the Exploration of the Atlantic Coast

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#9 Juan Ponce de Leon and the (Official) Discovery of Florida

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#8 Introduction to the Columbian Exchange

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#7 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 5

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#6 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 4

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#5 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 3

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#4 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 2

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#3 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 1

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#2 The Americans Before Columbus Part 2

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#1 The Americans Before Columbus Part 1

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#0 Introduction to the History of the Americans