History 131

History and toddlers don't mix well. This is another short lecture, interrupted periodically by the strange antics of my daughter. Best of luck making sense out of this one...

Jacksonian Democracy (short lecture)

2007-11-15T16:10:00.000-08:00

This one's only about 50 minutes long and gets cut off at the end because my battery died. You didn't miss much.

The Market Revolution

2007-11-09T21:37:00.000-08:00

It's more interesting than it sounds.

War of 1812

2007-11-08T09:17:00.001-08:00

A weird little war.

Jefferson's Era

2007-11-04T13:54:00.001-08:00

An "Empire for Liberty," sort of.

Federalist Era II

2007-10-26T16:10:00.000-07:00

Foreign policy of the 1790s; Alien and Sedition Acts; the fall of the Federalist Party.

Federalist Era I

2007-10-26T11:20:00.000-07:00

Back again after a long layoff. Lecture deals with the domestic politics of the Federalist Era during the 1790s.

1780s

2007-10-26T09:55:00.000-07:00

This lecture deals with the Articles of Confederation period.

Revolution II

2007-10-08T19:42:00.000-07:00

The war continues.

Revolution I

2007-10-08T19:40:00.000-07:00

Origins of the revolutionary war.

Empires in Conflict

2007-10-01T18:26:00.001-07:00

This lecture covers some of the major geopolitical events for the British colonies in the 18th century, including the wars of the 1730s-1760s and the colonists' growing discontent with Great Britain.

Other Colonial Models (Carolina and Pennsylvania)

2007-09-26T22:17:00.000-07:00

Contrasts across the board. After a discussion of Roger Williams and the Salem Witch hysteria, we look at two of the other colonies that usually get lost in the attention given to Virginia and Massachusetts.

New England

2007-09-21T13:51:00.000-07:00

Slavery (continued)

2007-09-21T13:49:00.000-07:00

A 15 minute podcast. Why? Because I didn't charge my recorder battery. Oops.

Jamestown and Virginia

2007-09-13T23:05:00.000-07:00

You wouldn't have wanted to live there.

Colonial Knowledge/French and English Ventures

2007-09-13T21:11:00.000-07:00

Lecture covers the sources of European "knowledge" about the Western hemispheric peoples; then addresses the particular features of French and English forays into North America.

New Spain

2007-09-07T08:43:00.000-07:00

The origins of European colonialism. Examination of the motives and processes that brought Spain into the western hemisphere.

Plus, I waste ten minutes at the start of class discussing the particularities of National Waffle Week and National Biscuit Month.