Old Glory – An American History Podcast

Per Fjerdingby
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The history of the United States is filled with fascinating people, dramatic stories and decisive events that shaped the country. This podcast that will provide an overview of US history, from the colonial era and the American Revolution to the United States entering the 21th century, and all the eras in between, like the early republic, civil war, gilded age, great depression and new deal, the world wars, and the cold war. It´s going to be a narrative, not excessively detailed, nor too overall to miss out on important parts in US history. Listen to Old Glory and join us on a journey through the exciting history of the United States! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 13 A New England

    11/17/2024

    13 A New England

    The episode will present the exceptional Rhode Island, Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colony, fundamental orders, the orthodox puritans of New Haven, John Wheelwright, New Hampshire, The Pequot War and the United colonies of New England. Picture: The Pequot War 1636. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast) Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify! Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.com Literature on the American Colonial Era: -         American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor -         Colonial America, Richard Middleton -         The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane -         The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin -         The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn -         The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons -         Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward -         The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont -         Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan -         A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle -         The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer -         Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret -         The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    26 min
  2. 12 Massachusetts Bay and the struggle for orthodoxy

    09/15/2024

    12 Massachusetts Bay and the struggle for orthodoxy

    The episode will present the puritans struggle for orthodoxy, controversies, internal enemies, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, external enemies, Council of New England, Fernando Gorges, Robert Child, Cambridge platform, Samuel Gorton, church membership and the half way covenant. Picture: Anne Hutchinson on trial 1637. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast) Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify! Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.com Literature on the American Colonial Era: -         American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor -         Colonial America, Richard Middleton -         The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane -         The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin -         The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn -         The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons -         Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward -         The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont -         Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan -         A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle -         The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer -         Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret -         The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    22 min
  3. 11 Massachusetts Bay a City on a Hill

    07/25/2024

    11 Massachusetts Bay a City on a Hill

    The episode will present John Winthrop, the puritans, a troubled time in Europe, a city on a Hill, Council of New England, Cambridge agreement, founding of Salem and Boston, Great migration, population growth, Watertown protests, representative government and bicameralism, founding of Harvard and Town meetings. Picture: The Puritan John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast) Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify! Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.com Literature on the American Colonial Era: -         American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor -         Colonial America, Richard Middleton -         The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane -         The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin -         The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn -         The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons -         Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward -         The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont -         Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan -         A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle -         The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer -         Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret -         The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min
  4. 10 Tobacco colonies of Virginia and Maryland

    06/09/2024

    10 Tobacco colonies of Virginia and Maryland

    The episode will present the downfall of the London Company, The Old Dominion, Crown colony, 3rd Anglo-American war, William Berkeley, Calvert family, Lord Baltimore, founding of Maryland, religious toleration, Kent Island conflict, headrights system, indentured servants and tobacco bonanza. Picture: Catholic church at St Mary's City in the colony of Maryland. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast) Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify! Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.com Literature on the American Colonial Era: -         American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor -         Colonial America, Richard Middleton -         The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane -         The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin -         The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn -         The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons -         Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward -         The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont -         Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan -         A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle -         The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer -         Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret -         The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min
  5. 9 The Pilgrims, Mayflower and Plymouth colony

    05/19/2024

    9 The Pilgrims, Mayflower and Plymouth colony

    The episode will present the Popham colony, separatists, the pilgrims, Mayflower, Plymouth colony, Willam Bradford, Mayflower Compact, Miles Standish, Squanto, Thanksgiving, Merrymount, new towns and becoming overshadowed by Massachusetts. Picture: Signing of the Mayflower compact onboard the Mayflower 1620. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast) Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify! Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.com Literature on the American Colonial Era: -         American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor -         Colonial America, Richard Middleton -         The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane -         The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin -         The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn -         The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons -         Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward -         The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont -         Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan -         A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle -         The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer -         Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret -         The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    30 min
  6. 8 Jamestown, John Smith and the starving time

    05/14/2024

    8 Jamestown, John Smith and the starving time

    The episode will present the Jamestown colony, bad location, power struggles, John Smith, Powhatan, new charters, Pocahontas, Dales Laws, headrights system, John Rolfe, tobacco growing, first House of Burgesses, the massacre of 1622 and the fall of the London company. Picture: A stamp celebrating the founding of Jamestown Colony 1607. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast) Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify! Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.com Literature on the American Colonial Era: -         American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor -         Colonial America, Richard Middleton -         The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane -         The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin -         The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn -         The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons -         Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward -         The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont -         Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan -         A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle -         The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer -         Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret -         The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min
  7. 7 Sea Dogs and the lost colony of Roanoke

    04/07/2024

    7 Sea Dogs and the lost colony of Roanoke

    The episode will present the Sea Dogs, privateering, outposts, attacks on the Spanish gold fleet, Francis Drake, west country men, Martin Frobisher, John Davis, Humphrey Gilbert, Walter Raleigh, the lost colony of Roanoke, John White, the first English-American child Virginia Dare, the Virginia Company. Picture: 19th century illustration depicting the discovery of the lost colony of Roanoke. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast) Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify! Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.com Literature on the American Colonial Era: -         American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor -         Colonial America, Richard Middleton -         The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane -         The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin -         The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn -         The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons -         Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward -         The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont -         Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan -         A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle -         The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer -         Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret -         The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min
  8. 6 The background of English colonization

    03/31/2024

    6 The background of English colonization

    The episode will present the war of the roses, Henry VIII and the Anglican Church, the reformation, Elisabeth I, puritans, the Spanish Armada, enclosure, wool industry, primogeniture, sturdy beggars, mercantilism and overpopulation. Picture: Seaport at sunset, a painting from 1639 by Claude Lorrain, showing the spirit of Mercantilism. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast) Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify! Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.com Literature on the American Colonial Era: -         American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor -         Colonial America, Richard Middleton -         The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane -         The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin -         The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn -         The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons -         Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward -         The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont -         Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan -         A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle -         The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer -         Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret -         The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min
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The history of the United States is filled with fascinating people, dramatic stories and decisive events that shaped the country. This podcast that will provide an overview of US history, from the colonial era and the American Revolution to the United States entering the 21th century, and all the eras in between, like the early republic, civil war, gilded age, great depression and new deal, the world wars, and the cold war. It´s going to be a narrative, not excessively detailed, nor too overall to miss out on important parts in US history. Listen to Old Glory and join us on a journey through the exciting history of the United States! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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