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The Political History of the United States — 198 episodes

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5.19 The Title Controversy

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5.18 Establishing the Government

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5.17 The Battle For Ratification

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5.16 Off to the States

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5.15 An Uneasy Agreement

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5.14 The Bounds of Idealism

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5.13 The Great Compromise

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5.12 The Fate of the States

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5.11 The Convention Begins

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5.10 Madison's Project

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5.9 The Road to Philadelphia

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5.8 Shays' Rebellion

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5.7 The Annapolis Convention

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5.6 Western Woes

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5.5 Cincinnatus

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5.4 The Newburgh Conspiracy

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5.3 Financial Crisis

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5.2 The Peace of Paris

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5.1 Taking Stock

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4.68 Season 4 Retrospective

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4.67 The World Turned Upside Down

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4.66 The Siege of Yorktown

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4.65 Cornwallis Cornered

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4.64 To New York or to Virginia

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4.63 Arnold's Revenge

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4.62 Guilford Courthouse

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4.61 The Beginning of the Beginning of the End

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4.60 Nathanael Greene and the Southern Army

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4.59 Dark Days

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4.58 The Battle of Camden

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4.57 Charleston

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4.56 Meet the Loyalists

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4.55 The Constitutions of the States

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4.54 The Campaign of 1779

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4.53 The War Moves South

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4.52 The French Arrive

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4.51 Monmouth Courthouse

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4.50 The Carlisle Commission

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4.49 Valley Forge

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4.48 Reacting to Saratoga

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4.47 Saratoga

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4.46 Brandywine and Germantown

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4.45 Burgoyne's March

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4.44 Ticonderoga

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4.43 Preparing for 1777

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4.42 Crossing the Delaware

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4.41 Fort Washington

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4.40 The Battle of New York

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4.39 The Battle of Long Island

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4.38 Canada and Carolina

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4.37 Reacting to Independence

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4.36 The Declaration of Independence

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Season 4 Supplement 1: The Declaration of Independence

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4.35 Reconciliation or Independency

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4.34 Boston Liberated

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4.33 Common Sense

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4.32 The 1775 Invasion of Canada

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4.31 The Aftermath of Bunker Hill

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4.30 The Battle of Bunker Hill

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4.29 Reacting to Rebellion

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4.28 Lexington and Concord

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4.27 Approching the Breaking Point

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4.26 The Boycott

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4.25 The End of Civil Government

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4.24 The First Continental Congress

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4.23 Preparing to Meet

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4.22 The Intolerable Acts

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4.21 Franklin in the Cockpit

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4.20 The Boston Tea Party

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4.19 The Hutchinson Letters Crisis

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4.18 The Pause in Politics

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4.17 Trial and Aftermath

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4.16 The Boston Massacre

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4.15 1769

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4.14 The Liberty Riots

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4.13 The Circular Letter

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4.12 Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer

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4.11 The Townshend Acts

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4.10 Internal Divisions

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4.9 The Legacy of 1765

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4.8 The Stamp Act Congress

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4.7 The Stamp Act Riots

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4.6 The Stamp Act

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4.5 A Spoon Full of Sugar

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4.4 A Changing Colonial Outlook

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4.3 The End of Pontiac’s Rebellion

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4.2 Pontiac’s Rebellion

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4.1 Dangerous Frontiers

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3.45 Questions and Answers

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3.44 A Retrospective Review of the Colonial Era

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3.43 Season in Review Part 2

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3.42 Season 3 in Review; Part 1

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3.41 An Empire Stretched Thin

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3.40 The Collapse of Canada

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3.39 The Plains of Abraham

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3.38 Quebec

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3.37 Niagara and Crown Point

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3.36 Peace in the Ohio

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3.35 Return to the Southern Theater

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3.34 A Turning of the Tides

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3.33 The Battle of Fort Carillon

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3.32 Resetting the War Effort

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3.31 The Disaster at Fort William Henry

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3.30 A European War

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3.29 After Braddock

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3.28 Braddock’s March

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3.27 Fort Necessity and the Albany Congress

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3.26 Enter George Washington

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3.25 The Ohio Country

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3.24 The Six Nations of the Iroquois

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3.23 The War of Austrian Succession

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3.22 The War of Jenkins’ Ear

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3.21 The Colonial Economy

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3.20 Science and Societies

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3.19 The Colonial Press

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3.18 The Great Awakening

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3.17 The 1741 New York Slave Conspiracy

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3.16 Slave Rebellions

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3.15 Slave Codes

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3.14 Georgia Enters the Game

121

3.13 Carolina Splits Up

122

3.12 The Canadian Invasion of Queen Anne‘s War

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3.11 The Causes of Queen Anne‘s War

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3.10 Pirates

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3.9 The Colonies in 1700

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3.8 The Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges

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3.7 William Penn Stuck in England

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3.6 Virginia in the 1690s

129

3.5 The Legacy of Salem

130

3.4 The Salem Witchcraft Trials

131

3.3 The New Charters

132

3.2 The Waiting Game

133

3.1 The Glorious Revolution in Maryland

134

2.32 Season in Review, Part 2

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2.31 Season in Review, Part 1

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2.30 Leisler’s Rebellion

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2.29 The Aftermath of the Boston Rebellion

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Season 2, Supplement 1: The Declaration of the Gentlemen

139

2.28 The 1689 Boston Rebellion

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2.27 The Glorious Revolution in New England

141

2.26 The Dominion Outside of Massachusetts

142

2.25 Law and Religion in the Dominion of New England

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2.24 The Dominion of New England

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2.23 Quo Warranto

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2.22 The Dangers of 1678 and Popish Plots

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2.21 A Gathering Storm in New England

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2.20 The First Decade of Pennsylvania

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2.19 The Pennsylvania Frame of Government

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2.18 William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania

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2.17 Peace and the Legacy of King Philip’s War

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2.16 The Campaign of 1676

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2.15 The Campaign of 1675

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2.14 The Origins of King Philip’s War

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2.13 New England on the Eve of War

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2.12 The Legacy of Bacon’s Rebellion

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2.11 Bacon’s Rebellion: End Game

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2.10 The Gloucester Petition

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2.9 The June Assembly

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2.8 The Run up to Rebellion

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2.7 The Origins of Bacon’s Rebellion

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2.6 New York in the Era of Edmund Andros

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2.5 New Netherland Becomes New York

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2.4 The Fundamental Constitution of Carolina

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2.3 Carolina

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2.2 The Province of Maryland

166

2.1 The Quakers

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1.32 Season in Review, Part 2

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1.31 Season in Review, Part 1

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1.30 The Introduction of Slavery

170

1.29 The New England Round-Up

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1.28 The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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1.27 The Massachusetts Body of Liberties

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1.26 Religion in New England

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1.25 The Pequot War

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1.24 Connecticut and New Netherland

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1.23 Biography Edition: Roger Williams

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1.22 Biography Edition: John Winthrop

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1.21 The Great Migration in New England

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1.20 The Great Migration

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1.19 The Changing Nature of Plymouth

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1.18 Plymouth in the 1620s

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1.17 The Beginnings of Diplomacy

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1.16 Arrival in Plymouth

184

1.15 The Mayflower Compact

185

1.14 Who are the Pilgrims?

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1.13 Political Changes

187

1.12 The Collapse of the Powhatan Confederacy

188

1.11 The Road Towards Stability

189

1.10 The Starving Time

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1.9 The Early Years of Jamestown

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1.8 Relations with the Powhatan Confederacy

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1.7 Jamestown Beginnings

193

1.6 Return to America

194

1.5 The Economy

195

1.4 The Reformation

196

1.3 - The Anglo-Spanish War

197

1.2 - A Survey of 16th Century European Politics

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1.1 The Age of Discovery