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 137 - The Boston Tea Party
This week we look at how a crisis in the East India Company triggered the chain reaction that would blow up the British Empire.
00:17:32 |
Sun 15 Nov 2020
Episode 136 - The Boston Massacre
This week we look at the British attempts to establish colonies in Canada and Florida, as well as American expansion in the interior. Then we turn to Boston for events in 1770.
00:12:10 |
Sun 08 Nov 2020
Episode 135 - The Townshend Crisis
This week we look at the fallout to the Townshend Acts in America, which ultimately forces Britain to relent. We also introduce the new Prime Minister, Lord North.
00:19:44 |
Sun 18 Oct 2020
Episode 134 - The Townshend Acts
This week we look at the brief and destructive period where Townshend dominated the British government, passed the Townshend Acts, and set up the war for independence.
00:12:11 |
Sun 27 Sep 2020
Episode 133 - Townshend
This week we look at the fall of the Rockingham Ministry, Pitt's insanity, and introduce Charles Townshend to centre stage.
00:12:20 |
Mon 31 Aug 2020
Episode 132 - Repeal of the Stamp Act
This week we cover the repeal of the Stamp Act in Parliament as Pitt gives the speech of his life.
00:15:48 |
Sun 02 Aug 2020
Episode 131 - The Adams Family
This week we introduce John and Abigail Adams, as well as looking at how women were crucial in the Stamp Act protests.
00:14:10 |
Sun 05 Jul 2020
Episode 130 - Hutchinson vs The Mob
This week the Sons of Liberty begin to organise mobs to fight back against the Stamp Act, with the situation in Boston escalating.
00:17:35 |
Sun 17 May 2020
Episode 129 - The Virginia Resolves
This week Grenville falls and the Rockingham Ministry is born, while we introduce Patrick Henry as the Stamp Act hits America.
00:15:32 |
Sun 03 May 2020
Episode 128 - The Stamp Act
This week we follow as Prime Minister Grenville plants two timebombs in America, the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act.
00:14:34 |
Mon 13 Apr 2020
Episode 127 - The Currency Act
This week we turn to the American Currencies Act, and introduce Sam Adams into the narrative as opposition to the British grows in Boston.
00:15:11 |
Sun 29 Mar 2020
Episode 126 - The Sugar Act
This week Grenville hangs onto powerin Westminster while trying to bring in more money. He passes the first of his big new laws, the American Duties Act, more commonly known as the Sugar Act.
00:16:17 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
Episode 125 - Pontiac's War Part 2
This week the British try to undo the damage done to the Indian relationship over the previous episodes.
00:15:25 |
Fri 07 Feb 2020
Episode 124 - Pontiac's War
This week we look at the Indian response to British actions as Pontiac's War breaks out across North America.
00:14:57 |
Sun 19 Jan 2020
Episode 123 - Connecticut Invades Wyoming
This week we cover the fall of Bute in London, and recap the postwar situation in North America, going into detail with Connecticut's invasion of Wyoming.
00:16:01 |
Sun 08 Dec 2019
Episode 122 - The Treaty of Paris (1763)
This week we recap the Seven Years War and cover the Treaty of Paris.
00:09:55 |
Sun 24 Nov 2019
Episode 121 - The Miracle of the House of Brandenburg
This week we bring the Seven Years War to a close with a Prussian miracle and a series of British adventures in Havana and Manilla.
00:14:42 |
Sun 03 Nov 2019
Episode 120 - Fall of Pitt
This week we cover the events of 1761 as Pitt falls from power while Spain and Portugal enter the war.
00:13:28 |
Sun 06 Oct 2019
Episode 119 - The Cherokee War
This week we cover the event that dominated the southern colonies in the early 1760s, the Cherokee War.
00:13:55 |
Sun 22 Sep 2019
Episode 118 - The Old George is Dead, Long Live the George
This week we catch up with Frederick across 1759 and 1760 before covering the death of George II and bringing Lord Bute to the stage.
00:12:59 |
Sun 01 Sep 2019
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