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    Ben Franklin's World

    Ben Franklin's World

    Ben Franklin's World

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    Length:
    402 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    This 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. It is produced by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 402 episodes

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    382 Hessians in the American Revolutionary War

    Within the Declaration of Independence, the founders of the United States present twent...

    54 minutes
    		Apr 16, 2024

    381 Texas in the Spanish Empire

    The vast and varied landscapes of Texas loom large in our American imaginations. As doe...

    63 minutes
    		Apr 02, 2024

    380 The Tory's Wife

    The American Revolution was a movement that divided British Americans. Americans did no...

    65 minutes
    		Mar 19, 2024

    379 Women Healers in Early America

    Women make up eight out of every ten healthcare workers in the United States. Yet they ...

    60 minutes
    		Mar 05, 2024

    378 Everyday Black Living in Early America

    When we study the history of Black Americans, especially in the early American period, ...

    49 minutes
    		Feb 20, 2024

    377 Phillis Wheatley & the Playwright

    2023 marked the 250th anniversary of the arrival of Phillis Wheatley's published book o...

    45 minutes
    		Feb 06, 2024

    376 Cotton Mather's Spanish Lessons

    Colonial America was born in a world of religious alliances and rivalries. Missionary e...

    64 minutes
    		Jan 23, 2024

    375 Misinformation Nation: Fake News in Early America

    Over the past decade, we’ve heard a lot about “fake news” and “misinformation.” And as ...

    58 minutes
    		Jan 09, 2024

    374 The American Revolutionary War in the West

    The American Revolution and its War for Independence comprised the United States’ found...

    53 minutes
    		Dec 26, 2023

    373 The Gaspee Affair, 1772

    The so-called “March to the American Revolution” comprised many more events than just t...

    54 minutes
    		Dec 12, 2023