Best Earlyamericanrepublic Podcasts (2024)

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

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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

1d 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

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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

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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

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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

2M 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

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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

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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

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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

4M 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

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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

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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

5M 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

6M 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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383 Aquatic Culture in Early America 56:52

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If you will recall from Episode 331, the Williamsburg Bray School is the oldest existing structure in the United States that we know was used to educate African and African American children. As the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation prepares the Bray School for you to visit and see, we’re having many conversations about the history of the school, it…

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382 Hessians in the American Revolutionary War 54:05

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Within the Declaration of Independence, the founders of the United States present twenty-seven grievances against King George III as they declare their reasons for why the thirteen British North American colonies sought their independence from Great Britain. Their twenty-fifth grievance declares that King George III “is at this time transporting la…

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381 Texas in the Spanish Empire 1:03:00

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The vast and varied landscapes of Texas loom large in our American imaginations. As does Texas culture with its BBQ, cowboys, and larger-than-life personality. But before Texas was a place that embraced ranching, space flight, and country music, Texas was a place with rich and vibrant Indigenous cultures and traditions and with Spanish and Mexican …

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380 The Tory's Wife 1:05:00

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The American Revolution was a movement that divided British Americans. Americans did not universally agree on the Revolution’s ideas about governance and independence. And the movement’s War for Independence was a bloody civil war that not only pitted brother against brother and fathers against sons; it also pitted wives against husbands. Cynthia A…

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379 Women Healers in Early America 1:00:47

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Women make up eight out of every ten healthcare workers in the United States. Yet they lag behind men when it comes to working in the roles of medical doctors and surgeons. Why has healthcare become a professional field dominated by women, and yet women represent a minority of physicians and doctors who serve at the top of the healthcare field? Sus…

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378 Everyday Black Living in Early America 49:21

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When we study the history of Black Americans, especially in the early American period, we tend to focus on slavery and the slave trades. But focusing solely on slavery can hinder our ability to see that, like all early Americans, Black Americans were multi-dimensional people who led complicated lives and lived a full range of experiences that were …

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377 Phillis Wheatley & the Playwright 45:48

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2023 marked the 250th anniversary of the arrival of Phillis Wheatley's published book of poetry in the British American colonies. Phillis Wheatley was an enslaved African woman who, as a teenager, became the first published African author of a book of poetry written in English. Ade Solanke, an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, has written …

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376 Cotton Mather's Spanish Lessons 1:04:33

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Colonial America was born in a world of religious alliances and rivalries. Missionary efforts in the colonial Americas allow us to see how some of these religious alliances and rivalries played out. Spain, and later France, sent Catholic priests and friars to North and South America, and the Caribbean, purportedly to save the souls of Indigenous Am…

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375 Misinformation Nation: Fake News in Early America 58:30

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Over the past decade, we’ve heard a lot about “fake news” and “misinformation.” And as 2024 is an election year, it’s likely we’re going to hear even more about these terms. So what is the origin of misinformation in the American press? When did Americans decide that they needed to be concerned with figuring out whether the information they heard o…

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374 The American Revolutionary War in the West 53:22

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The American Revolution and its War for Independence comprised the United States’ founding movement. The War for Independence also served as the fifth major war for European empire in North America. The fourth war for European empire, the Seven Years’ War, reshaped and redefined Europe’s worldwide colonial landscape in Great Britain’s favor. The Am…

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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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383 Aquatic Culture in Early America 56:52

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382 Hessians in the American Revolutionary War 54:05

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381 Texas in the Spanish Empire 1:03:00

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380 The Tory's Wife 1:05:00

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379 Women Healers in Early America 1:00:47

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378 Everyday Black Living in Early America 49:21

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377 Phillis Wheatley & the Playwright 45:48

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376 Cotton Mather's Spanish Lessons 1:04:33

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375 Misinformation Nation: Fake News in Early America 58:30

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374 The American Revolutionary War in the West 53:22

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