Ranked #1
English Civil War 1: Profile of 1642 America
English Civil War 1: Profile of 1642 America
An overview of what English America looked like before war started in 1642, including a brief introduction to the founda... Read more
6 Mar 2019
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44mins
Ranked #2
ECW 12: The experience of war in England
ECW 12: The experience of war in England
A quick episode back in England, discussing the polarizing experience of war, which drove thousands of new immigrants to... Read more
7 Aug 2019
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33mins
Ranked #3
Maryland 5: Church and State
Maryland 5: Church and State
Maryland finalizes its legal system, ending up with a document which looked remarkably similar to a Bill of Rights. A h... Read more
26 Sep 2018
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33mins
Ranked #4
Maryland 2: The Ark and Dove
Maryland 2: The Ark and Dove
Lord Baltimore gets a charter, but Virginia opposes this, seeing it as an encroachment on their territory. Baltimore st... Read more
5 Sep 2018
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30mins
Ranked #5
Plymouth 2: The Mayflower Compact
Plymouth 2: The Mayflower Compact
Getting to America was no easy task, and by the time they set sail they were already in a precarious situation. They'd ... Read more
7 Mar 2018
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23mins
Ranked #6
Maryland 6: To the brink of war
Maryland 6: To the brink of war
Concluding the story of Maryland's founding, an overview of the known events of 1639-42. Claiborne's agitation, Susqueh... Read more
3 Oct 2018
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27mins
Ranked #7
Massachusetts Bay 10: The Antinomian Controversy pt. 3
Massachusetts Bay 10: The Antinomian Controversy pt. 3
Four days after clergy held a synod to determine theological truths, the Court decided to eliminate the heresy by any me... Read more
27 Jun 2018
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31mins
Ranked #8
Massachusetts Bay 9: The Antinomian Controversy pt. 2
Massachusetts Bay 9: The Antinomian Controversy pt. 2
Political maneuvering and outright hostility turned a Bostonian theological movement into the basis of a colony-wide con... Read more
20 Jun 2018
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33mins
Ranked #9
Massachusetts Bay 8: The Antinomian Controversy pt. 1
Massachusetts Bay 8: The Antinomian Controversy pt. 1
Also known as the Free Grace Controversy, this dispute pitted John Winthrop and most non-Boston leadership against Anne ... Read more
13 Jun 2018
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26mins
Ranked #10
Massachusetts Bay 4: Commonwealth
Massachusetts Bay 4: Commonwealth
1631-32 was a time of relative calm and optimism for Puritans in England, so emigration to the New World slowed down. C... Read more
16 May 2018
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23mins
Ranked #11
Plymouth 3: Welcome, Englishmen
Plymouth 3: Welcome, Englishmen
The Pilgrims look for a settlement location, the first baby is born in New England, and after a long, hard winter, they ... Read more
14 Mar 2018
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28mins
Ranked #12
Providence Island 2: You have to spend money to make money
Providence Island 2: You have to spend money to make money
After going into debt to fund the Seaflower venture, investors decide to outfit a second ship, the Charity. When the Se... Read more
28 Nov 2018
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33mins
Ranked #13
Providence Island 3: Old problems and new solutions
Providence Island 3: Old problems and new solutions
The first years of Providence Island's experience were defined by two familiar problems: factionalism, and economic stag... Read more
20 Dec 2018
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32mins
Ranked #14
Massachusetts Bay 2: The founding of Salem
Massachusetts Bay 2: The founding of Salem
Before Massachusetts Bay Company plans were finalized, John Endicott sailed to Naumkeag to relieve a group of colonists ... Read more
25 Apr 2018
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22mins
Ranked #15
Providence Island 1: Anatomy of a failure
Providence Island 1: Anatomy of a failure
Providence Island was a Caribbean colony founded by the Earl of Warwick, John Pym, Lord Saye-and-Sele, Lord Brooke, and ... Read more
21 Nov 2018
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31mins
Ranked #16
English Civil War 8: Long awaited return
English Civil War 8: Long awaited return
Berkeley returns from England to find the Powhatan War mismanaged. Calvert returns from Virginia to reinstate Maryland'... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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40mins
Ranked #17
Massachusetts Bay 5: Raising the stakes
Massachusetts Bay 5: Raising the stakes
1633 was the year that the problems which would plague the Bay Colony emerged. Theological and governmental debate, thr... Read more
23 May 2018
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18mins
Ranked #18
Massachusetts Bay 1: King Charles and the Puritans
Massachusetts Bay 1: King Charles and the Puritans
An overview of the political climate which led to the Great Migration, and which would ultimately lead to the English Ci... Read more
18 Apr 2018
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31mins
Ranked #19
Massachusetts Bay 6: The King's Threat
Massachusetts Bay 6: The King's Threat
When Archbishop Laud investigated Massachusetts's activities, he learned that the charter had been taken to America, and... Read more
30 May 2018
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26mins
Ranked #20
Providence Island 6: Dreams fulfilled
Providence Island 6: Dreams fulfilled
The company rearranged to accommodate colonists and reap the rewards from privateering, but just when they thought thing... Read more
16 Jan 2019
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24mins