Best Earlyamericanrepublic Podcasts (2025)

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402 Clocks, Watches, and Life in Early America 1:03:41

10h ago1:03:41

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Do you know what time it is? In early America, this question wasn’t as simple to answer as it is today. Urban dwellers in cities like Boston, Philadelphia, and Charleston often wondered about the time—but few owned their own watches or clocks. So, how did they keep track of the hours? In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of early Ame…

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BFW Revisited: The Politics of Tea 1:27:31

7d ago1:27:31

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To close out our mini-series on Tea in early America, we’re going to revisit Episode 160: The Politics of Tea. This episode was part of our Doing History: To the Revolution series with the Omohundro Institute in 2017. In this episode, we’ll revisit how early Americans went from attending tea parties to holding the Boston Tea Party. We’ll also explo…

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401 Tea, Boycotts, and Revolution 58:59

14d ago58:59

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During the early days of the American Revolution, British Americans attempted to sway their fellow Britons with consumer politics. In 1768 and 1769, they organized a non-consumption movement of British goods to protest the Townshend Duties. In 1774, they arranged a non-importation and non-exportation movement to protest the Tea Act and Coercive Act…

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BFW Revisited: The Tea Crisis of 1773 43:27

22d ago43:27

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In Episode 401, we’ll be exploring the Tea Crisis and how it led to the non-importation/non-exportation movement of 1774-1776. Our guest historian, James Fichter, references the work of Mary Beth Norton and her “The Seventh Tea Ship” article from The William and Mary Quarterly. In this BFW Revisited episode, we’ll travel back to December 2016, when…

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400 Ben Franklin's world 42:42

29d ago42:42

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How do historians define Ben Franklin’s “world?” What historical event, person, or place in the era of Ben Franklin do they wish you knew about? In celebration of the 400th episode of Ben Franklin’s World, we posed these questions to more than 20 scholars. What do they think? Join the celebration and discover more about the world Ben Franklin lived…

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BFW Revisited: The Nat Turner Revolt 57:19

1M ago57:19

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In our last episode, Episode 399, we discussed Denmark Vesey’s revolt and the way biblical texts and scripture enabled Vesey to organize what would have been the largest slave revolt in United States history if the revolt had not been thwarted before Vesey could put it into action. Early American history is filled with revolts against enslavers tha…

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399 Denmark Vesey's Bible 55:49

2M ago55:49

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Denmark Vesey’s failed revolt in 1822 could have been the largest insurrection of enslaved people against their enslavers in United States history. Not only was Vesey’s plan large in scale, but Charleston officials arrested well over one hundred rumored participants. Jeremy Schipper, a Professor in the departments for the Study or Religion and Near…

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BFW Revisited: World of the Wampanoag, Pt. 2 52:20

2M ago52:20

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This week is Thanksgiving week in the United States. On Thursday, most of us will sit down with friends, family, and other loved ones and share a large meal where we give thanks for whatever we’re grateful for over the last year. In elementary school, we are taught to associate this holiday and its rituals with the religious separatists, or pilgrim…

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398 The Shawnee-Dunmore War, 1774 1:07:35

2M ago1:07:35

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After the Seven Years’ War (1754-1763), Great Britain instituted the Proclamation Line of 1763. The Line sought to create a lasting peace in British North America by limiting British colonial settlement east of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1768, colonists and British Indian agents negotiated the Treaties of Fort Stanwix and Hard Labour to extend t…

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BFW Revisited: World of the Wampanoag, Pt. 1 48:37

2M ago48:37

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It’s November, the time of year when we Americans get ready for the Thanksgiving holiday. Although the federal holiday we know and honor today came about in 1863, Thanksgiving is a day that many modern-day Americans associate with the Indigenous peoples and religious separatists of Plymouth, Massachusetts. What do we know about the Indigenous peopl…

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397 Native Nations: A Millennium in North America 1:02:30

2M ago1:02:30

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The North American continent is approximately 160 million years old, yet in the United States, we tend to focus on what amounts to 3300 millionths of that history, which is the period between 1492 to the present. Kathleen DuVal, a Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, asks us to widen our view of early North America…

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BFW Revisited: Committees & Congresses of the American Revolution 1:40:32

3M ago1:40:32

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Ben Franklin’s World Revisited is a series where Liz surfaces one of our earlier episodes that complements and adds additional perspectives to the histories we discuss in our new episodes. Given the conversation we just had in Episode 396 about Carpenters’ Hall & the First Continental Congress, Liz would like to offer you an episode she produced in…

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396 Carpenters' Hall & the First Continental Congress 42:33

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“Monday, September 5, 1774. A number of the Delegates chosen and appointed by the Several Colonies and Provinces in North America to meet and hold a Congress at Philadelphia assembled at the Carpenters’ Hall.” That statement begins the Journals of the Continental Congress, the official meeting minutes of the First and Second Continental Congresses.…

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395 The Great New York Fire of 1776 56:36

3M ago56:36

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When we think about the American Revolution, textbooks, documentaries, and historic sites have trained most of us to think about American triumphs in battles or events when American revolutionaries overcame moments of despair, when all seemed lost, to triumph in the cause of American independence. Benjamin L. Carp will help us look at the American …

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394 The Pursuit of Happiness 1:00:20

4M ago1:00:20

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What did Thomas Jefferson and the members of the Second Continental Congress mean when they wrote “the pursuit of Happiness” into the United States Declaration of Independence? And why is pursuing happiness so important that Jefferson and his fellow Founding Fathers included it in the Declaration of Independence’s most powerful statement of the new…

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393 Politics & Political Culture in the Early American Republic 1:05:58

4M ago1:05:58

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The Constitution is a document of “We the People.” The ways Americans have supported, debated, and interpreted the Constitution since 1787 have played a vital role in the rise of politics and political parties within the United States. What kind of political culture did the United States Constitution and its interpretations help establish? What wer…

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392 Religion and Race in Early America 53:44

5M ago53:44

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What does history have to tell us about how we, as Americans, came to define people by their race; the visual ways we have grouped people together based on their skin color, facial features, hair texture, and ancestry? As you might imagine, history has a LOT to tell us about this question! So today, we’re going to explore one aspect of the answer t…

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391 Government in Colonial Virginia 1:01:08

5M ago1:01:08

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Do you ever wonder how governments met and worked in colonial British America? Williamsburg, Virginia, served as the capital of Virginia between 1699 and 1779. During its 80 years of service as capital, Williamsburg represented the center of British authority in Virginia. This meant the Royal Governor of the colony lived in Williamsburg. Indigenous…

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390 Objects of Revolution 1:01:40

6M ago1:01:40

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When we think about the American Revolution, the French Revolution, or the Haitian Revolution, we think about the ideals of freedom and equality. These ideals were embedded and discussed in all of these revolutions. What we don’t always think about when we think about these revolutions are the objects that inspired, came out of, and were circulated…

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389 Indigenous Justice in Early America 54:55

6M ago54:55

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Early North America was a place that contained hundreds of distinct Indigenous nations and peoples who spoke at least 2,000 distinct languages. In the early sixteenth century, Spain began to establish colonies on mainland North America, and they were followed by the French, Dutch, and English, and the forced migration of enslaved Africans who repre…

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388 John Hancock 1:02:47

7M ago1:02:47

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Happy Fourth of July! We’ve created special episodes to commemorate, celebrate, and remember the Fourth of July for years. Many of our episodes have focused on the Declaration of Independence, how and why it was created, the ideas behind it, and its sacred words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that men are created equal, that they are en…

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387 California and Slavery 1:02:26

7M ago1:02:26

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When we think of California, we might think about sunny weather, Hollywood, beaches, wine country, and perhaps the Gold Rush. What we don’t usually think about when we think about California is the state’s long history of slavery. Jean Pfaelzer, a Californian and a Professor Emerita of English, Asian Studies, and Women and Gender Studies at the Uni…

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386 Sleeping with the Ancestors 51:32

7M ago51:32

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In this special Juneteenth episode, as we honor the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, we delve into the work of those working to preserve slave dwellings across the United States, safeguarding the essential stories these structures embody. In our conversation, Joseph McGill, the Executive Director and Founder of the Slave Dwelling Project…

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385 Did George Washington Have Heirs? 1:04:19

8M ago1:04:19

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The United States Constitution of 1787 gave many Americans pause about the powers the new federal government could exercise and how the government's leadership would rest with one person, the president. The fact that George Washington would likely serve as the new nation’s first president calmed many Americans’ fears that the new nation was creatin…

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384 Making Maine: A Journey to Statehood 1:05:35

8M ago1:05:35

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Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution establishes guidelines by which the United States Congress can admit new states to the American Union. It clearly states that “no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State…without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Co…

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Ben Franklin's World

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402 Clocks, Watches, and Life in Early America 1:03:41

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BFW Revisited: The Politics of Tea 1:27:31

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401 Tea, Boycotts, and Revolution 58:59

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BFW Revisited: The Tea Crisis of 1773 43:27

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400 Ben Franklin's world 42:42

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BFW Revisited: The Nat Turner Revolt 57:19

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399 Denmark Vesey's Bible 55:49

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BFW Revisited: World of the Wampanoag, Pt. 2 52:20

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398 The Shawnee-Dunmore War, 1774 1:07:35

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BFW Revisited: World of the Wampanoag, Pt. 1 48:37

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397 Native Nations: A Millennium in North America 1:02:30

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BFW Revisited: Committees & Congresses of the American Revolution 1:40:32

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396 Carpenters' Hall & the First Continental Congress 42:33

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395 The Great New York Fire of 1776 56:36

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394 The Pursuit of Happiness 1:00:20

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393 Politics & Political Culture in the Early American Republic 1:05:58

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392 Religion and Race in Early America 53:44

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391 Government in Colonial Virginia 1:01:08

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390 Objects of Revolution 1:01:40

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389 Indigenous Justice in Early America 54:55

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388 John Hancock 1:02:47

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387 California and Slavery 1:02:26

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386 Sleeping with the Ancestors 51:32

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385 Did George Washington Have Heirs? 1:04:19

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384 Making Maine: A Journey to Statehood 1:05:35

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