A History of the United States

This week we begin the real narrative. We look at the foundation of the Virginia Company, the failed settlement of St. G... Read more

This week we cover the fall of Bute in London, and recap the postwar situation in North America, going into detail with ... Read more

Surprise early episode! This week introduce the Native Americans in the region, the Powhatan Confederacy. We look at the... Read more

This week we bring the Seven Years War to a close with a Prussian miracle and a series of British adventures in Havana a... Read more

This week we begin season 2. We start our coverage of Native Americans by going back 70,000 years to Africa to look at t... Read more

This week we recap the Seven Years War and cover the Treaty of Paris.

This week we cover the event that dominated the southern colonies in the early 1760s, the Cherokee War.

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

In this week's Friends themed episode Newport sails back to London to report on the foundation of Jamestown, but in Virg... Read more

This week we begin the serious study of the Native American peoples. We talk about how we are going to cover them, and a... Read more

This week we the British set out their plans for 1757, and suffer another disaster at Fort William Henry.

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

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

This week the narrative speeds up and we cover most of 1621. We look at an expedition to speak with Massasoit, fertilise... Read more

This week we catch up with Frederick across 1759 and 1760 before covering the death of George II and bringing Lord Bute ... Read more

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

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

This week we take the Pilgrims across the Atlantic to Plymouth. Along the way we look at duels on the Mayflower, the May... Read more

This week we return to North America. We look at the rise of the Iroquois, and the beginnings of their colapsing authori... Read more

This week we return to Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Haven to see them, along with Plymouth, form the first America... Read more