Stay ConnectedThis is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who love history and who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world.
Each episode features conversations with professional historians who help shed light on important people and events in early American history.
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What caused the American Revolution?
Can we use the term “American Revolution” to describe both the revolution and the War for Independence?
What was the greatest challenge that George Washington and his Continental Army faced during the War for Independence?
In this listener-requested episode, we dive deep into the American Revolution with John Ferling, professor emeritus at the University of West Georgia and author of Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It.
Show Notes Page: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/046
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Many Americans associate the state of Utah with Mormons.
But did you know the Mormons almost settled in Texas?
Spencer McBride, an editor with the Joseph Smith Papers Documentary Editing Project, joins us to explore the life of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism and the Church of Latter Day Saints.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/045
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Do you know which early American reform movement pushed for abolition, women’s rights, pacifism, and economic growth?
Today, Adam Shprintzen, Assistant Professor of History at Marywood University and author of The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921, takes us on a journey through the origins of vegetarianism and the Vegetarian reform movement in the United States.
Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/044
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How and when did doctors become respected professionals in American society?
The answer lies in early Americans’ fascination with delirium tremens, or alcoholic insanity, and the Temperance Movement of the early-to-mid 19th century.
Matthew Osborn, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and author of Rum Maniacs: Alcoholic Insanity in the Early Republic, leads us on an exploration of early American medical history and reform movements.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/043
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“No Taxation Without Representation!”
August 14, 2015 marks the 250th anniversary of the first Boston Stamp Act riot.
Today’s bonus episode commemorates the anniversary with a conversation about the Stamp Act, the Boston riots, and the American Revolution with J.L. Bell, proprietor of Boston1775.net.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/stampact
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Is the Republican Party, the party of Abraham Lincoln?
The United States has entered presidential primary season, which means it won’t be long before a Republican presidential candidate or a reporter mentions the birth of the ‘Grand Old Party’ in 1854 and its association with Lincoln.
We explore the history of the Republican Party with Heather Cox Richardson, Professor of History at Boston College and author of To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/042
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Did Canada almost join the American Revolution?
In September 1775, Major-General Philip Schuyler launched the Patriot’s invasion into Canada. The Patriots hoped to end the threat of a British invasion from the north by occupying Canada and bringing the colony into the American Revolution.
Did the Patriots’ plans work?
Today, we discuss Canada and how the American Revolution played out there with Bruno Paul Stenson, an historian and musicologist with the Château de Ramezay historic site in Montréal. Château de Ramezay served as the headquarters for the American forces between 1775 and 1776.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/041
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Today we address the President of the United States as “Mr. President.” But did you know that the proper title for the office was almost “His Highness the President?”
Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon, author of For Fear of an Elective King, leads us on an exploration of the presidential title controversy of 1789, the first controversy to wrack the United States Congress.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/040
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The American Revolution was a revolution against Parliament not a king.
This is the idea offered by Eric Nelson in his new book The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding.
We explore the royalist revolution and how it affected the American Revolution with Eric Nelson, Professor of Government at Harvard University.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/039
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Are you ready to time travel?
2015 marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, a document created to limit the powers of King John of England and his successors in 1215.
Today, Magna Carta and its four key principles continue to influence and inspire the governments of English-speaking countries around the world, including the United States and Canada.
We explore Magna Carta and its long legacy with Carolyn Harris, author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada: Democracy, Law, and Human Rights.
Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/038
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