A History of the United States
Episodes
Episode 102 - Monogahela
06 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The British executre their very bad plan in 1755.
Episode 101 - Wildcard
09 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The British come up with a very bad plan.
Episode 100 - Fort Necessity
11 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first battles of the French and Indian War.
Episode 99 - George Washington
11 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we introduce a young George Washington into the narrative as the French and British conflict in the Ohio comes to a head.
Episode 98 - Ohio Country
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at how the French moved into the Ohio in the early 1750s, and the reaction to events back in London.
Episode 97 - French and Indians
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 F...
Episode 96 - Stately Quadrille
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we turn to the stately quadrille, and the series of wars and diplomatic changes that happened during the early eighteenth century.
Episode 95 - Benjamin Franklin
15 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we introduce the first of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin.
Episode 94 - Thirteen Colonies
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at issues with the phrase 'Thirteen Colonies', and explore North America in the mid-eighteenth century.
Episode 93 - Mercantilism
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we turn to Mercantilism.
Episode 92 - Reboot
23 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we analyse the state of the British Empire in the mid 1700s..
Episode 91 - Anglicisation Strikes Back
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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.
Episode 90 - A New Hope
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at New York during the Glorious Revolution.
Episode 89 - Cranston and Empire
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we rapidly take Rhode Island into the 1750s.
Episode 88 - Cranston
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at Rhode Island in the Glorious Revolution, and introduce Cranston into the narrative.
Episode 87 - Ingorious Andros
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we examine the governorship of Andros as the Dominion of New England rapidly fell apart.
Episode 86 - The Dominion of New England
16 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover creation of the Dominion of New England.
Episode 85 - Penn's Pennsylvania
01 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we turn north to cover the Quakers and the foundation of Pennslyvania.
Episode 84 - Go West
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover the geography of Virginia as the state began to push westwards.
Episode 83 - Gooch
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We look at the administration of Gooch, and the War of the Austrian Succession.
Episode 82 - What's Next?
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we finish looking at Spotswood, and move on to Governor Gooch.
Episode 81 - Pirates of the Chesapeake
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at war against Indians, the tale of Blackbeard, and we introduce Benjamin Franklin into the narrative.
Episode 80 - Spotswood
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we go back to Virginia and cover the arrival of Governor Alexander Spotswood.
Episode 79 - The Glorious Revolution
26 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover a lot of events, getting into the Glorious Revolution, the Nine Years War, and the War of the Spanish Succession.
Episode 78 - God Save the King (Unless He's Catholic)
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 G...
Episode 77 - The Yellow Umbrella
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we head over to England. We need to understand what has been happening there, and just how the Glorious Revolution came about. We start this...
Episode 76 - Can We Get Back to Politics? Please?
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we return to the main narrative. We look at what happened in Virginia after Bacon's rebellion, the tobacco markets, and found Williamsburg.
Episode 75 - Native Americans 15: The Rockies and California
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we finish our Native American series by looking at the mountains, and finally California.
Episode 74 - Native Americans 14: The Plains
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the centre of the United States, the Great Plains.
Episode 73 - Native Americans 13: Southeast
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we move down the Atlantic seaboard to look at the Creeks, Cherokees, and other tribes of the southeast.
Episode 72 - Native Americans 12: Northeast Woodlands Part 3
18 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue looking at the Northeast, with particular focus given to the Iroquois.
Episode 71 - Native Americans 11: Northeast Woodlands Part 2
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue looking at the Northeast. This includes an overview of Hopewellian culture and giant beavers.
Episode 70 - Native Americans 10: Northeast Woodlands
21 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look to the East. We go through all the tribes of the East, and look a bit at how their culture differed to that of other regions.
Episode 69 - Native Americans 9: Pacific Northwest
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we turn to the Pacific Northwest. We examine burning down houses and totem poles.
Episode 68 - Native Americans 8: Subarctic
19 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we turn southwards to the Subarctic. We basically cover Canada up to the arrival of the Europeans.
Episode 67 - Native Americans 7: Frozen Planet
07 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we turn to the Arctic! We look at Eskimos, Aleuts, and Alaska. In addition, we talk about dad jokes, David Attenborough, Planet Earth II, Ha...
Episode 66 - Native Americans 6: The Southwest 2
23 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue looking at the Southwest, and take it up to European contact.
Episode 65 - Native Americans 5: The Southwest
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we turn towards the southwest. I try and pronounce some tribe names, and we explore how maize entered the region.
Episode 64 - Native Americans 4: After the Ice Age
27 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at life in North America in the aftermath of the Ice Age, looking at the three major zones of Archaic Culture, the East, the Plains,...
Episode 63 - Native Americans 3: Ice Age
11 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we resume the main narrative and by looking at the first Americans, and how they lived during the close of the last Ice Age.
Episode 62 - Native Americans 2: Myths, Legends, and Folktales
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we begin the serious study of the Native American peoples. We talk about how we are going to cover them, and about how to fairly assign weig...
Episode 61 - Native Americans 1: Mother
21 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we begin season 2. We start our coverage of Native Americans by going back 70,000 years to Africa to look at the human migration from Africa...
Episode 60 - There's Something About Maryland
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we conclude season one of the podcast by looking at Maryland, the Catholic colony.
Episode 59 - Establishing the Proprietary
31 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at how the colony of Carolina began to take shape, and how it seemed destined to split into two.
Episode 58 - Carolina in my Mind
17 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at early attempts to settle Carolina with French Huguenots, which naturally brings us to a discussion of the West Wing and religious...
Episode 57 - Roanoke
04 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we return to the south and cover the early history of Carolina, the Roanoke colony, and Elizabethan imperialism.
Episode 56 - King Philip's War
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week the English colonies fight King Philip in a fight for their very survival. The conclusion to our introduction to New England.
Episode 55 - The Anglo-Dutch Wars Part III: Revenge of the Dutch
05 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week the English and Dutch go to war again and the Dutch make a last attempt to retake New York.
Episode 54 - New York Divided
22 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we turn back towards New York and its annexation by England from the Dutch. We look at the creation of the colonies of New Hampshire, New Je...
Episode 53 - Law and Disorder: Rhode Island
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at how Rhode Island fell into anarchy and chaos during the 1650s.
Membership Episode 5 - The Great Expansion Part 1
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the aftermath of the great famine and how that affected Aztec culture, we then look at the first two campaigns of the Great Expan...
Episode 52 - Law and Order: Rhode Island
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the legal aspects of setting up the Rhode Island colony.
Episode 51 - Theologycast 3
11 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at more religious developments in Puritanism in Rhode Island as Quakerism and Baptism become forces in the colony.
Episode 50 - Theologycast 2
27 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the religious developments in Puritanism going on in Rhode Island in the 1630s and 1640s.
Membership Episode 4 - War of Flowers
20 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we take things from 1440 to 1455. We look at the beginnings of Moctezuma's war against the Chalca, the War of Flowers, the great famine, hum...
Episode 49 - Tribal Diplomacy
13 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look back to Rhode Island and recount the circumstances surrounding its foundation.
Episode 48 - Nullification
06 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we take the United Colonies of New England into the 1660s.
Episode 47 - The First Union
30 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week the United Colonies of New England face tests both internally and externally. They must face off the Indians, the Dutch, and each other.
Episode 46 - New England Confederation
23 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we return to Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Haven to see them, along with Plymouth, form the first American federal institution, the Uni...
Membership Episode 3 - The Aztec Triple Alliance
09 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we take things from 1428 to 1440. We look at the reign and conquests of Itzcoatl, the nature of the Triple Alliance, the ascension of Moctez...
Episode 45 - Chapter 4
09 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we begin the fourth chunk of narrative as we turn back to Plymouth, and examine how it became the Plymouth Republic over the 1630s.
Membership Episode 2 - The Rise of the Aztecs
07 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Having set up Mesoamerican civilisation last time out, we delve into early Aztec history. We chart their travels and rise from 1111 to 1428.
Membership Episode 1 - Aztec 101
04 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We have an overview of Mesoamerican history prior to the Aztecs. We also have an exploration of how information is preserved and delve into cyclical t...
6th Anniversary Special - Oliver Cromwell
02 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today marks the 6th anniversary of May 2nd 2010, the day I released my first ever podcast! So, to celebrate, here is a short bonus episode about Olive...
Episode 44 - The Anglo-Dutch Wars Part 2 - Attack of the Spices
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we turn to Indonesia to examine how and why New York was traded for a spice island.
Episode 43 - The Anglo-Dutch Wars Part 1 - The Mercantile Menace
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover the growing tension between the English and Dutch, leading the English to take New Netherland and rename it New York.
Episode 42 - The Godfather
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover the directorship of Peter Stuyvesant, the Godfather of New Netherland.
Episode 41 - The Last Days of New Netherland
04 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we really begin to get into the problems afflicting New Netherland, and the disastrous directorship of Kieft.
Episode 40 - Dutch Conquests
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover the fall of New Sweden as the Swedes provoked the Dutch, leading to an invasion. We then double back to begin going through the his...
Episode 39 - Swedes on the Delaware
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover the history of New Sweden.
Episode 38 - The New Sweden Company
14 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover some of the history of New Netherland, but it is quite impossible to talk about New Netherland without talking about New Sweden. Th...
Episode 37 - New Netherland
07 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover the exploration of the Hudson River, the founding of New Netherland, Fort Orange (Albany) and New Amsterdam (New York City).
Episode 36 - The Dutch
28 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we begin Chapter 3 of A History of the United States by getting very off topic. We don't talk about America at all, and instead focus on the...
Episode 35 - Straight Outta Connecticut
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we found Connecticut. We also turn Providence Plantation into the Colony of Rhode Island, and look at badass theologian Anne Hutchinson who ...
Episode 34 - The Founding of Rhode Island
15 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the early social and economic history of Massachusetts.
Episode 33 - The Massachusetts Life
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the early social and economic history of Massachusetts.
Episode 32 - The Fusion of Church and State
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the first few years of Massachusetts colony, which greatly contrasts to Plymouth. It is very oligarchic, had has something of a f...
Episode 31 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony
29 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we found the colony of Massachusetts, in addition to the provinces of Maine and New Hampshire. It's a busy episode!
Episode 30 - Mount Merry
26 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Pilgrims deal with Dutch traders, Allerton has business in London, and Standish goes off to save New England from a bunch of drunks.
Episode 29 - The Many Adventures of Standish the Pilgrim
23 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we watch the Pilgrims try to free themselves from the control of London as we move the narrative into 1627. We also include a brief history ...
Episode 28 - Letters from a Small Island Part 2
20 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we carry on looking at the arrival of the Charity, exploring the conspiracy of Oldham and Lyford.
Episode 27 - Letters from a Small Island Part 1
14 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gorges arrives in New England to refound Wessagusset, this time as Weymouth. We also cover developments back in London with the merchants an...
Episode 26 - Alone Again, Naturally
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Pilgrims go on the attack. We also talk about fishing contracts and the history of lobsters.
Episode 25 - Winslow M.D.
08 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we get very medical, and a conspiracy is unearthed.
Episode 24 - A Tale of Two Colonies
04 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we manage to get through a whole year in Plymouth, 1622. We look at the difficulty the Pilgrims faced in securing a food supply, and the cre...
Episode 23 - The First Thanksgiving
31 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week the narrative speeds up and we cover most of 1621. We look at an expedition to speak with Massasoit, fertiliser, and the first thanksgiving.
Episode 22 - WARNING: MAY CONTAIN TAYLOR SWIFT REFERENCES
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we finally make some progress in New England. The Pilgrims make it through their first winter and make first contact with the Native America...
Episode 21 - Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Stuff
24 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, in a particularly unfocused episode, we move the narrative forward 15 days. In addition we also describe the legal situation of settlement ...
Episode 20 - The Voyage of the Mayflower
20 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we take the Pilgrims across the Atlantic to Plymouth. Along the way we look at duels on the Mayflower, the Mayflower Compact, how much the P...
Episode 19 - The Pilgrim Fathers
14 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we take the Separatists through their time in Holland to their decision to sail to the New World in the Mayflower.
Episode 18 - Theologycast: The Reformation and the Puritans
10 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we begin chapter 2 of the podcast, New England. But in order to do this we go back and cover the reformation and the origins of Puritans, we...
Episode 17 - A History of the Decline and Fall of General Bacon
05 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Bacon's Rebellion falls apart, royal order is imposed and Virginia does not become independent.
Episode 16 - Bacon Begins
01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Bacon's Rebellion gets underway and makes a bid for independence from England.
Episode 15 - The Thanksgiving Special (Which has Nothing to do with Thanksgiving)
26 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we were supposed to cover thanksgiving, but I screw up the timings so we talk about General Bacon instead.
Episode 14 - Berkeley
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover a lot: the 1644 Powhatan Uprising, the governorship of Berkeley, the English Civil War, the Navigation Acts, Mercentilism, the lega...
Episode 13 - The New Aristocracy
20 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we once again break out of the narrative to talk about Virginia's increasing political sophistication across the 1620s and 1630s.
Episode 12 - Powhatan Uprising
18 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we return to the narrative (after a quick word about my MA results). After 8 years of English oppression, the Powhatans have enough and laun...
Episode 11 - Introduction to Social History
16 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we delve into social history for the first time this series. As the title suggests, we introduce a few elements which will be important as t...
Episode 10 - The Kidnapping of Pocahontas
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week the English decide to kidnapping the Powhatan princess, Pocahontas. We also cover the state of the colony in the 1610s, Pocahontas' trip to ...
Episode 9 - False Dawn
09 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jamestown attempts to rebuild itself under the governorship of Lord De La Warr, but things very quickly go horribly wrong. This is Jamestown...