We’re going out strong for our two-part season finale with a walk through the history of America’s origins. Every state was once inhabited by thousands of indigenous people of many different tribes. You can find the list of current federal and state recognized tribes here.
Most European colonies were formed after 1600, and by the 1760s, the 13 original colonies were populated with 2.5 million people mostly from England and later Great Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands. Indigenous people were forced out of their lands as the newly forming states debated and moved boundaries while vying for statehood. The freshly formed United States soon became an industrial leader and has continued to be a nation filled with entrepreneurship and industrialization.
This is a fact filled show that had our brains tired by recording time, which led to some of our best on-air goofiness you won’t want to miss. Of course, the bloody history of our country’s past is not a funny topic, and we don’t make light of the many losses of life. But if you love history and silly banter, this is the show for you.
If you’d like to dig deeper, check out:
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Alexander Hamilton
U.S. Slavery
Indigenous Peoples of Chesapeake
Slavery in New Hampshire
Mason-Dixon line
Confederacy and Union
The Louisiana Purchase
Cotton Production
Manifest Destiny
Abraham Lincoln
The Civil War
Abolition of Slavery and a Timeline
Reconstruction Era
Jim Crow laws
Civil Rights Movement
Commonwealth vs. Jennison
Commonwealth vs. Aves
Fugitive Slave Act
Onesimus
Moses Brown
The Princeton and Slavery Prject
Chicago River
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