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This is a show about early American history. Awarded Best History Podcast by the Academy of Podcasters in 2017, it’s for people who love history and for those who want to know more about the...
Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence contained 28 grievances against King George III — not 27. The final grievance, t...
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood before the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society and asked one of the most searing questions in A...
The Second Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2, 1776, but it had absolutely no plan for telling the world about it. Congre...
Between 1763 and 1848, revolutions swept across four continents. We tend to remember three of them — the American, the French, and the Haiti...
What if the American Revolution didn't just create the United States, but also created Australia? Most of us learned about the Revolution as...
In September 1777, just fourteen months after declaring independence, Philadelphia fell to the British Army. For nearly nine months, the new...
The British Army is at your door. They need a room. What do you do? For thousands of civilians living in cities occupied during the American...
250 years ago, the British evacuated Boston: driven out by cannon that had traveled 300 miles from Fort Ticonderoga. But where did the plan...
On March 17, 1776, the British evacuated Boston, driven out by cannon hauled 300 miles through winter wilderness from a crumbling fort in up...
In January 1776, Thomas Paine told the American colonies to break free from their king. But what was supposed to come next? 250 years later,...
What would you fight for if you were free but still not equal? In 1777, brothers William and Benjamin Frank answered that question by enlist...
More than 6,000 Black men—free and enslaved—served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Yet their stories remain some of...
What if the American Revolution was never just an American story? Historian Ronald Angelo Johnson helps us uncover the deep connections betw...
What does it take to become a revolutionary in more than one revolution? In this revisited conversation with Mike Duncan, we explore the lif...
The American Revolution wasn’t just a colonial rebellion; it was a global conflict shaped by European rivalries and high-stakes diplomacy. W...
Before Common Sense could ignite a revolution, colonists had to be convinced they shared a cause worth fighting for. So how did Revolutionar...
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense turned a colonial rebellion into a full-blown revolution. But how did one pamphlet move so many minds in 1776—an...
Common Sense didn’t just make an argument for independence—it moved through a world of newspapers, pamphlets, and personal networks that car...
Benjamin Rush was one of early America’s most fascinating figures. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a leading Philadelphi...
British officials had a problem: Their American colonists wouldn't stop smuggling. Even after Parliament slashed tea prices and passed laws...
Think the Boston Tea Party made America a coffee-drinking nation? Historian Michelle McDonald reveals the truth: colonists were already choo...
In the 1820s, American entrepreneurs, engineers, and politicians dared to dream big. They believed they could cut a canal, not through Panam...
As we look ahead to the 250th anniversary—the semiquincentennial—of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, communities and commissions acr...
Each November, we Americans come together to celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday that invites us to reflect on gratitude, community, and the s...
As Thanksgiving approaches, many Americans are gathering to reflect on gratitude, family—and of course—food. It's the time of year when we m...
What does it take to bring the American Revolution to life? How can an event that took place 250 years ago be conveyed to us through modern-...
In November 1775, as tensions between the British Empire and its rebellious colonies continued to escalate, Virginia’s royal governor made a...
What did it take to end the War for Independence? When we think of the American Revolution’s final chapter, we think of the Siege of Yorktow...
Have you ever noticed how conversations about the American Revolution often center on great battles, founding documents, and famous statesme...
What does it mean to be caught between two worlds? Between loyalty and liberty, artistry and commerce, and between the British North America...
When we talk about slavery in Early America, we often focus on plantations: their large, fertile fields, their cash crops, and the people wh...
When we picture the early United States, we often imagine a young nation fighting for political independence. But what about economic indepe...
What if loyalty, not rebellion, was the default position in revolutionary British North America? It’s easy to forget that before 1776, most...
When we think of the American Revolution, we often focus on the patriots who fought for independence. But what about the Loyalists—those who...
When we think about the founding of the United States, we often focus on the Constitution, the Founding Fathers, and those first landmark el...
Each September, Constitution Day marks the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. But beyond celebration, this commemoratio...
What happens when the very people meant to uphold justice become the ones exploiting it? In the 1760s, North Carolina farmers watched sherif...
Revolutionary upheaval didn't just reshape governments—it transformed daily life for ordinary families across colonial America. In this revi...
We often learn about slavery in early America through broad economic or political terms—cotton, sugar, markets, revolutions. But what happen...
When we think about slavery in early America, we often rightfully focus on the human toll–the violence, the exploitation, the dehumanization...
When we think of early American champions of religious liberty, one name often rises above the rest: Roger Williams. Best known as the found...
Why do we trace our family histories? What drives our desire to know who our ancestors were and how we’re connected to past people and event...
Have you ever wondered why genealogy captivates so many people? Whether it’s tracing a family tree back generations or holding on to stories...
The Declaration of Independence is one of the most iconic documents in United States history. But what do we really know about how it came t...
Preview of Karin Wulf’s book, Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America. In eighteenth-century America, genealogy was...
When you picture the Declaration of Independence, what comes to mind? Most people envision a single, iconic document–parchment, signatures,...
How do we uncover queer lives from the distant past, especially in an era when language and records often erased or obscured them? What did...
June 17, 2025, marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first full-scale battle of what would become the American War f...
Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, is nearly upon us, and it offers us the perfect moment fo...
It might surprise you, but in the 18th century, people across the globe were reckoning with colder-than-usual weather brought on by the Litt...