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Ben Franklin's World

This is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who lo

Episodes

Total: 455

245 Celebrating the Fourth

2019/7/2

It wasn’t always fireworks on the fourth. John Adams predicted Americans would celebrate the Second

There’s a saying that tells us we should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. It’s a reminder we sho

For the American Revolution to be successful, it needed ideas people could embrace and methods for s

Delaware may be the second smallest state in the United States, but it has a BIG, rich history that

Spain became the first European power to use the peoples, resources, and lands of the Americas and C

Have you ever had one of those really conversations where the person was so fascinating that you wis

How did the postal system work in Early America? How did people send mail across the North American

238 Benedict Arnold

2019/5/14

Benedict Arnold is an intriguing figure. He was both a military hero who greatly impacted and furthe

Mother’s Day became a national holiday on May 9, 1914 to honor all of the work mothers do to raise c

Who do we count as family? If a relative was born in a foreign place and one of their parents was of

What does early America look like if we view it through Native American eyes? Jenny Hale Pulsipher,

If we want to understand everyday life in early America we need to understand the everyday life of e

When we think about colonial American history we think about the colonies of the English, the Dutch,

232 The Acadian Diaspora

2019/4/2

Before the English settled in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 or the Dutch settled near Albany, New York

Historians use archives to create the histories we love to read, watch, and listen to. So we’re goin

Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, Samuel Maverick, Patrick Carr, and Crispus Attucks. These are the five

229 The Townshend Moment

2019/3/12

Within days of the Boston Massacre, Bostonians politicized the event. They circulated a pamphlet abo

228 The Boston Massacre

2019/3/5

On the evening of March 5, 1770, a crowd gathered in Boston’s King Street and confronted a a sentry

In the 21st century, we are all creators and users of content. We take original photos with our smar

What do we mean by “the state?” How is a “state” produced? Is “the state” something everyone can par