A History of the United States
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A History of the United States
A History of the United States. A podcast charting the history of the United States of America from the foundation of Jamestown to the end of the cold war, covering political, military, economic, social and cultural history.
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Episode 196 - Theologycast 4
This week we look at religion in the early republic, exploring the Methodists and Baptists in particular.
Episode 195 - Education, Education, Education
This week we look at the spread of education in the early republic, along with the spread of the postal system.
Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations
This week we explore how how John Marshall helped create the Private Corporation.
Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges
This week we explore how Jefferson attempted to weaken the Supreme Court, and what Marshall did to strengthen it.
Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers
This week we explore the Judiciary. We look at the relationship Americans of the Early Republic had with Judges, taking the story up to the appointmen...
Episode 191 - How About This Weather?
This week we explore climate science. We look at what impacts the climate, how it works, and how this was impacting our narrative.
Episode 190 - You looking at me?
This week we explore violence in the early American Republic. We look at factors which may have contributed to rising violence, such as alcoholism, an...
Episode 189 - Columbia and Banks
This week we talk about two topics, the founding of Washington DC and the early history of American banking.
Episode 188 - The Revolution of 1800
This week we open the Jefferson Administraion as he attempts to undo all the Federalists had done.
Episode 187 - The Election of 1800
This week we cover the constitutional crisis that was the Election of 1800, as Federalists ask the question "Jefferson or Burr?".
Episode 186 - The Adams Army
This week we catch up Hamilton as he navigates the Reynolds Affair and the New Army.
Episode 185 - Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
This week we cover the Alien and Sedition Acts as the Adams Administration wrestles with a culture war.
Episode 184 - The Adams Administration
This week we cover the election of 1796 and the XYZ Affair.
Episode 183 - Washington's Farewell
This week we let Washington close his administraion in his own words.
Episode 182 - Citizen Genet
This week we cover the our last topic of the Washington administration, Citizen Genet and the issue of neutrality.
Episode 181 - Democratic-Republican Ideology
This week we examine the Democratic-Republicans as they start to become a more powerful group, asking what was the ideology that held them together.
Episode 180 - Let's Get the Parties Started
This week we examine the early 'Republican Interest' in its battles with the Federalist government, exploring how Hamilton and Jefferson argued while...
Episode 179 - Jefferson and Madison, Best Friends Forever
This week we turn to the growing political fragmentation during the Washington Administration. We discuss how Madison's opinions changed over time, ho...
Episode 178 - The Treaty of Greenville
This week we finish looking at the westward migration of the early 1790s, finishing off with the Northwest Indian War.
Episode 177 - Yazoo
This week we continue to look at the westward migration, this time focusing on Federal interactions with Indians. We look at the Treaty of New York, a...
Episode 176 - Cooperstown
This week we continue to look at the westward migration, this time focusing on the Federal Government's attempt to manage it. We then look at Cooperst...
Episode 175 - Daniel Boone
This week we cover the life of Daniel Boone, one of the early pioneers and folk heroes.
Episode 173 - The March on Pittsburgh
This week, the rebels march on Pittsburgh and Washington issues a warning.
Episode 172 - The Whiskey Rebellion
This week, we cover the outbreak of the Whiskey Rebellion in the summer of 1794.
Episode 171 - Philadelphia Fever
This week, we watch tensions rise over 1793 and 1794, complicated by Yellow Fever.
Episode 170 - The Whiskey Tax
This week, Hamilton looks to raise revenues through a Whiskey Tax, which swiftly starts to go wrong.
Episode 169 - The Cause of, and Solution to, All of Life's Problems
This week we turn our attention to the western frontier as we explore the origins of the whiskey rebellion.
Episode 168 - Hamilton's Financial Plan
This week we follow Hamilton's battle to get his four point financial plan approved.
Episode 167 - Prime Minister Hamilton
This week we cover the creation of the initial federal departments, focusing in particular on the treasury and the idea of national debt.
Episode 166 - The Bill of Rights
This week we explore the creation of the Bill of Rights, discussing how and why they took the form they did.
Episode 165 - The First Congress
This week we introduce Congress as the House and Senate get to work. We also look at Washington's attempts to establish the right tone for the Preside...
Episode 164 - The French Revolution Part 2
This week we conclude a high-speed overview of the French Revolution.
Episode 163 - The French Revolution Part 1
This week we begin a high-speed overview of the French Revolution.
Episode 162 - Ratification
This week we look at the ratification process for the constitution as the Federalists and Antifederalists fought a war of words across the country.
Episode 160 - The Constitutional Convention Part 4 - The Imperial Congress
This week the Constitutional Convention wraps up as we cover the final debates - the power of Congress, the election of the President, trade and slave...
Episode 159 - The Constitutional Convention Part 3 - The Connecticut Compromise
This week the Constitutional Convention continues as the small states propose the New Jersey Plan, before eventually the Connecticut Compromise is rea...
Episode 158 - The Constitutional Convention Part 2 - The Virginia Plan
This week the Constitutional Convention begins with Madison proposing The Virginia Plan.