This is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who lo
On April 10th, 1606, King James I granted the Virginia Company of London a charter. Just over a year
History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. It also allows us to look back and see
How did Indigenous people adapt to and survive the onslaught of Indigenous warfare, European disease
People of African descent have made great contributions to the United States and its history. Think
African chattel slavery, the predominant type of slavery practiced in colonial North America and the
Before the American Revolution became a war and a fight for independence, the Revolution was a movem
There are a lot of books about Benjamin Franklin. They tell us about his youth and accomplishments i
On December 19, 1777, George Washington marched his Continental Army into its winter encampment at V
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of African and African American music to the United Stat
How did everyday Americans in the early United States use and enjoy music? How did they create and c
Our study of music in Early America continues with this third episode in our five-episode series. Ou
Our 5-episode series about music in Early America continues with this second episode that seeks to a
What was music like in Early America? How did different early Americans—Native Americans, African Am
Did you know that small Native American nations had the power to dictate the terms of French coloniz
Prepare for tricks, treats, and time travel! In honor of Halloween, we’re traveling back to the mid-
The War of 1812 is an under-known conflict in United States history. It’s not a war that many Americ
Between May 25 and September 17, 1787, delegates from each of the United States’ thirteen states ass
On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United Stat
What made trade with China so important to the new United States that one of Americans’ first acts a
What did it take to stage a successful slave uprising? Over the course of the early republic, we see
