A History of the United States

This week we cover Washington's frustration in Virginia, and the rise of Franklin's political stock in Pennsylvania.

This week we return to North America to introduce Loudoun and Montcalm into the narrative, and cover the disaster at Fort Oswego.

This week we look at the outbreak of official war as Britain declares war on France, Prussia invades Saxony, and Newcastle falls from power. We also briefly dive into Indian history to introduce the Mughals and the Carnatic wars.

This week we look at how disasters in North America destabilised Newcastle's ministry, forcing him to turn to William Pitt or Henry Fox. We also look at how the situation in Europe edged closer to war.

The British executre their very bad plan in 1755.

The British come up with a very bad plan.

The first battles of the French and Indian War.

This week we introduce a young George Washington into the narrative as the French and British conflict in the Ohio comes to a head.

This week we look at how the French moved into the Ohio in the early 1750s, and the reaction to events back in London.

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 French and British watch.

This week we turn to the stately quadrille, and the series of wars and diplomatic changes that happened during the early eighteenth century.

This week we introduce the first of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin.

This week we look at issues with the phrase 'Thirteen Colonies', and explore North America in the mid-eighteenth century.

Today we turn to Mercantilism.

Today we analyse the state of the British Empire in the mid 1700s..

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.

This week we look at New York during the Glorious Revolution.

This week we rapidly take Rhode Island into the 1750s.

This week we look at Rhode Island in the Glorious Revolution, and introduce Cranston into the narrative.

This week we examine the governorship of Andros as the Dominion of New England rapidly fell apart.

This week we cover creation of the Dominion of New England.

This week we turn north to cover the Quakers and the foundation of Pennslyvania.

This week we cover the geography of Virginia as the state began to push westwards.

We look at the administration of Gooch, and the War of the Austrian Succession.

This week we finish looking at Spotswood, and move on to Governor Gooch.

This week we look at war against Indians, the tale of Blackbeard, and we introduce Benjamin Franklin into the narrative.

This week we go back to Virginia and cover the arrival of Governor Alexander Spotswood.

This week we cover a lot of events, getting into the Glorious Revolution, the Nine Years War, and the War of the Spanish Succession.

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 Glorious Revolution.

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 by covering the restoration, the foundation of the Whigs and Tories, and the events of the 1660s.

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.

This week we finish our Native American series by looking at the mountains, and finally California.

This week we look at the centre of the United States, the Great Plains.

This week we move down the Atlantic seaboard to look at the Creeks, Cherokees, and other tribes of the southeast.

This week we continue looking at the Northeast, with particular focus given to the Iroquois.

This week we continue looking at the Northeast. This includes an overview of Hopewellian culture and giant beavers.

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.

This week we turn to the Pacific Northwest. We examine burning down houses and totem poles.

This week we turn southwards to the Subarctic. We basically cover Canada up to the arrival of the Europeans.

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, Hamilton, and why my best friend is amazing.

This week we continue looking at the Southwest, and take it up to European contact.

This week we turn towards the southwest. I try and pronounce some tribe names, and we explore how maize entered the region.

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, and the West.

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.

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 weight between Euroamerican history and native traditions.

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 to North America, before looking at the geography of the North American continent. This takes us back through 490 million years of geological fun!

This week we conclude season one of the podcast by looking at Maryland, the Catholic colony.

This week we look at how the colony of Carolina began to take shape, and how it seemed destined to split into two.

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 toleration in the 1780s.

This week we return to the south and cover the early history of Carolina, the Roanoke colony, and Elizabethan imperialism.