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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

Alexander Hamilton played important roles in the founding of the United States. He served in the Con

Spanish explorers and colonists visited, settled, and claimed territory in 42 of the United States’

What was everyday life like during the American War for Independence? Our Fourth of July series cont

What was everyday life like during the American War for Independence? In honor of the Fourth of July

In a town as old as Williamsburg, Virginia, which was established in 1638, it’s often the case that

We’ll never know for certain how many Americans supported the American Revolution, remained loyal to

This is an episode you’ve been waiting for! Mark Tabbert, the Director of Archives and Exhibits at t

We know from our explorations of early America that not all Americans were treated equally or enjoye

How do we know what we know about Benjamin Franklin? We know historians, museum curators, and archiv

With Ukrainian sovereignty and democracy under attack, Americans have been wondering: Should our gov

What do we know about the American Revolution? Why is it important that we see the Revolution as a p

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After Henry Hudson’s 1609-voyage along the river that now bears his name, Dutch traders began to vis

In the Treaty of Paris, 1783, Great Britain ceded to the United States all lands east of the Mississ

During the War for American Independence, the British Army attempted to create chaos and inflict eco

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech to an anti-slavery society and he famously as

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706, to Abiah Folger and Josiah Franklin. Altho

One of the Caribbean islands that Christopher Columbus stopped at during his 1492-voyage was an alli

What challenges do National Park Service interpretive rangers face when they interpret non-British c

About 620 miles north of New Orleans and 62 miles south of St. Louis, sits the town of Ste. Geneviév

The first Jewish colonists in North America arrived in 1654. From that moment, Jews worked to build