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 97 - French and Indians
This week we return to North America. We look at the rise of the Iroquois, and the beginnings of their colapsing authority in the Ohio Valley as the French and British watch.
00:17:48 |
Mon 27 Aug 2018
Episode 96 - Stately Quadrille
This week we turn to the stately quadrille, and the series of wars and diplomatic changes that happened during the early eighteenth century.
00:12:48 |
Mon 13 Aug 2018
Episode 95 - Benjamin Franklin
This week we introduce the first of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin.
00:11:02 |
Sun 15 Jul 2018
Episode 94 - Thirteen Colonies
This week we look at issues with the phrase 'Thirteen Colonies', and explore North America in the mid-eighteenth century.
00:13:21 |
Wed 20 Jun 2018
Episode 92 - Reboot
Today we analyse the state of the British Empire in the mid 1700s..
00:19:38 |
Mon 23 Apr 2018
Episode 91 - Anglicisation Strikes Back
In the last of our super in depth look at the colonies, we cover the brief government of Leisler before setting the stage for the reboot.
00:16:34 |
Mon 09 Apr 2018
Episode 90 - A New Hope
This week we look at New York during the Glorious Revolution.
00:15:29 |
Tue 03 Apr 2018
Episode 89 - Cranston and Empire
This week we rapidly take Rhode Island into the 1750s.
00:12:10 |
Wed 14 Mar 2018
Episode 88 - Cranston
This week we look at Rhode Island in the Glorious Revolution, and introduce Cranston into the narrative.
00:15:11 |
Mon 19 Feb 2018
Episode 87 - Ingorious Andros
This week we examine the governorship of Andros as the Dominion of New England rapidly fell apart.
00:16:15 |
Thu 01 Feb 2018
Episode 86 - The Dominion of New England
This week we cover creation of the Dominion of New England.
00:15:53 |
Tue 16 Jan 2018
Episode 85 - Penn's Pennsylvania
This week we turn north to cover the Quakers and the foundation of Pennslyvania.
00:15:56 |
Mon 01 Jan 2018
Episode 84 - Go West
This week we cover the geography of Virginia as the state began to push westwards.
00:18:12 |
Wed 22 Nov 2017
Episode 83 - Gooch
We look at the administration of Gooch, and the War of the Austrian Succession.
00:16:40 |
Mon 06 Nov 2017
Episode 82 - What's Next?
This week we finish looking at Spotswood, and move on to Governor Gooch.
00:16:02 |
Mon 02 Oct 2017
Episode 81 - Pirates of the Chesapeake
This week we look at war against Indians, the tale of Blackbeard, and we introduce Benjamin Franklin into the narrative.
00:20:32 |
Mon 18 Sep 2017
Episode 80 - Spotswood
This week we go back to Virginia and cover the arrival of Governor Alexander Spotswood.
00:16:16 |
Mon 04 Sep 2017
Episode 79 - The Glorious Revolution
This week we cover a lot of events, getting into the Glorious Revolution, the Nine Years War, and the War of the Spanish Succession.
00:17:09 |
Sat 26 Aug 2017
Episode 78 - God Save the King (Unless He's Catholic)
This week we continue our look towards what was happening in England. We finish looking at Charles II, before covering James II and getting into the Glorious Revolution.
00:16:15 |
Tue 08 Aug 2017
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