A History of the United States
A History of the United States. A podcast charting the history of the United States of America from the foundation of Jamestown to the end of the cold war, covering political, military, economic, social and cultural history.
- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 204
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode 23 - The First Thanksgiving
This week the narrative speeds up and we cover most of 1621. We look at an expedition to speak with Massasoit, fertiliser, and the first thanksgiving.
00:15:52 |
Thu 31 Dec 2015
Episode 22 - WARNING: MAY CONTAIN TAYLOR SWIFT REFERENCES
This week we finally make some progress in New England. The Pilgrims make it through their first winter and make first contact with the Native Americans of the region.
00:14:59 |
Mon 28 Dec 2015
Episode 21 - Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Stuff
This week, in a particularly unfocused episode, we move the narrative forward 15 days. In addition we also describe the legal situation of settlement in New England in 1620, have an overview of the J…
00:17:35 |
Thu 24 Dec 2015
Episode 20 - The Voyage of the Mayflower
This week we take the Pilgrims across the Atlantic to Plymouth. Along the way we look at duels on the Mayflower, the Mayflower Compact, how much the Pilgrims hated Cape Cod, and terminology.
00:19:04 |
Sun 20 Dec 2015
Episode 19 - The Pilgrim Fathers
This week we take the Separatists through their time in Holland to their decision to sail to the New World in the Mayflower.
00:16:41 |
Mon 14 Dec 2015
Episode 18 - Theologycast: The Reformation and the Puritans
This week we begin chapter 2 of the podcast, New England. But in order to do this we go back and cover the reformation and the origins of Puritans, we also take the Separatists over to the Netherland…
00:17:35 |
Thu 10 Dec 2015
Episode 17 - A History of the Decline and Fall of General Bacon
This week Bacon's Rebellion falls apart, royal order is imposed and Virginia does not become independent.
00:14:26 |
Sat 05 Dec 2015
Episode 16 - Bacon Begins
This week Bacon's Rebellion gets underway and makes a bid for independence from England.
00:17:50 |
Tue 01 Dec 2015
Episode 15 - The Thanksgiving Special (Which has Nothing to do with Thanksgiving)
This week we were supposed to cover thanksgiving, but I screw up the timings so we talk about General Bacon instead.
00:15:56 |
Thu 26 Nov 2015
Episode 14 - Berkeley
This week we cover a lot: the 1644 Powhatan Uprising, the governorship of Berkeley, the English Civil War, the Navigation Acts, Mercentilism, the legalisation of slavery, exploration, and we introduc…
00:20:06 |
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Episode 13 - The New Aristocracy
This week we once again break out of the narrative to talk about Virginia's increasing political sophistication across the 1620s and 1630s.
00:18:35 |
Fri 20 Nov 2015
Episode 12 - Powhatan Uprising
This week we return to the narrative (after a quick word about my MA results). After 8 years of English oppression, the Powhatans have enough and launch a war, meanwhile in London the Virginia Compan…
00:17:31 |
Wed 18 Nov 2015
Episode 11 - Introduction to Social History
This week we delve into social history for the first time this series. As the title suggests, we introduce a few elements which will be important as time develops, such as the introduction of slavery…
00:15:49 |
Mon 16 Nov 2015
Episode 10 - The Kidnapping of Pocahontas
This week the English decide to kidnapping the Powhatan princess, Pocahontas. We also cover the state of the colony in the 1610s, Pocahontas' trip to England in 1616, the early growth of the tobacco …
00:21:11 |
Thu 12 Nov 2015
Episode 9 - False Dawn
This week Jamestown attempts to rebuild itself under the governorship of Lord De La Warr, but things very quickly go horribly wrong. This is Jamestown, after all. Just another false dawn.
00:16:17 |
Mon 09 Nov 2015
Episode 8 - The Starving Time
This week everything goes wrong. EVERYTHING GOES WRONG. Gates gets lost, hundreds starve to death, and Jamestown is abandoned. It's hard to see how things could be any worse.
00:17:38 |
Fri 06 Nov 2015
Episode 7 - A Fresh Start
This week Jamestown enters the Starving Time and in London the Virginia Company decides the colony needs a revolution.
00:17:38 |
Tue 03 Nov 2015
Episode 6 - Aggressive Negotiations
This week we cover Newport's Second Supply of Jamestown, and English relations with the Powhatans completely breaks down.
00:16:05 |
Fri 30 Oct 2015
Episode 5 - Mr. Smith Goes to Werowocomoco
This week we follow John Smith's misadventures with the Powhatans, where he travels to their capital at Werowocomoco. We also look at how Jamestown made its way through the winter, Newport's return t…
00:18:59 |
Mon 26 Oct 2015
Episode 4 - The One Where Everyone Dies
In this week's Friends themed episode Newport sails back to London to report on the foundation of Jamestown, but in Virginia everything starts falling apart. There is an outbreak of Typhoid Fever, ev…
00:15:22 |
Thu 22 Oct 2015
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