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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

300 Vast Early America

2021/4/13

What do historians wish more people better understood about early American history and why do they w

What can a portrait reveal about the history of colonial British America? Portraits were both deeply

Have you ever stopped to think about how the United States became a manufacturing nation? Have you e

297 Indian Removal Act of 1830

2021/3/16

The history of Native American land dispossession is as old as the story of colonization. European c

Is there anything more we can know about well-researched and reported events like the Boston Massacr

295 Whitney Plantation Museum

2021/2/16

What does it take to create a museum? How can a museum help visitors grapple with a very uncomfortab

When we think of important years in the history of the American Revolution, we might think of years

How did Jamaica grow to become the "crown jewel" of the British Atlantic World? Part of the answer i

What was everyday life like for those who lived in early America? To understand the everyday lives o

This episode is a companion episode to the 2-episode World of the Wampanoag series. This bonus episo

Before New England was New England, it was the Dawnland. A region that remains the homeland of numer

Before New England was New England, it was the Dawnland. A region that remains the homeland of numer

The name “Great Dismal Swamp” doesn’t evoke an image of a pleasant or beautiful place, and yet, it w

In what ways did the Atlantic World contribute to the American Revolution? Empire, slavery, and cons

Join the Omohundro Institute and Mass Humanities for a special two-episode series about the World of

This special bonus episode previews the Ben Franklin's World Subscription program and its monthly bo

For four months during the summer of 1787, delegates from the thirteen states met in Philadelphia to

Who is American democracy for and who could participate in early American democracy? Women and Afric

Independence from Great Britain provided the former British American colonists the opportunity to cr

The British North American colonies formed some of the most democratic governments in the world. But