Originally it was considered the northern part of Virginia and after a few unsuccessful attempts a colonization that froze and starved their way to failure it was considered an undesirable place to attempt a colony. Then Captain John Smith of Jamestown fame made a voyage there and published a popular travelogue including a map andContinue reading “New England”
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The Chesapeake Colonies
While England was ruled by landed nobles and people of refined education and manners, Virginia and the colonies of the Chesapeake Bay area were ruled by merchants and mechanics that worked hard and made something of themselves in a new land. It was a meritocracy instead of an aristocracy. The rise and fall of tobaccoContinue reading “The Chesapeake Colonies”
Virginia
Between the Spanish to the South and the French to the North the English sought to carve out their own colonies in what they called “Virginia” named for the virgin queen Elizabeth I. The English relied on private investors operating under royal permission to found colonies that were some of the first international joint stockContinue reading “Virginia”
Canada and Iriquoia
While the Spanish claimed all North America their practical power did not extend far north of what is today the border between Florida and Georgia. In Europe the power of Spain forced the English and the French to diplomatically deny for some time that they were in fact seeking to found colonies in the Americas. Continue reading “Canada and Iriquoia”
Chapter Four: The Spanish Frontier
The Spanish explorers and conquistadors launched an almost frantic century of discovery. In a few short decades they had traveled the length of the Andes and marched north from Mexico to the Rockies. Founding missions on the ruins of conquered native villages, they actively pursued a policy of replacing all the diverse native cultures withContinue reading “Chapter Four: The Spanish Frontier”
Chapter Two: The Colonizers
Several factors converged to create the climate for European dominance after the Fifteenth Century. The growing populations and limited resources provided a social impetus for expansion. The accumulation of wealth and a mercantilist economic policy which sought to make every country self-sufficient drove the Europeans to seek both raw materials and markets which could beContinue reading “Chapter Two: The Colonizers”
America: Chapter One – Indians
Native Americans (even pre-Columbian ones) are often enlisted in our contemporary debates through commercials and quotes. Such as when Iron Eyes Cody an Italian American actor famous for portraying Indians stood with an artificial tear rolling down his cheek as he looked at discarded fast food wrappers, or the stirring environmental speech supposedly given byContinue reading “America: Chapter One – Indians”
America: Colonial History – Introduction
History has a reputation of being “BORING!” Back in the Dream Times before the dawn of the Internet, YouTube, and Facebook Early American History was almost exclusively the History of English-speaking man. The geographic area was restricted to the Atlantic coast of North America, and that was about it. Sure, everyone assumed there were womenContinue reading “America: Colonial History – Introduction”
Season Three Episode Thirty-six
In Episode Thirty-six / Season Three of I Took a Right Turn: We share one of the world’s greatest gospel songs: Amazing Grace. Then we play three old revival songs: I Keep Falling in Love With Him, He Set Me Free, and I Went to the Enemy’s Camp. We also play another of our homegrown songs:Continue reading “Season Three Episode Thirty-six”
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