Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 3, “The Last of the 13 Colonies.” In this episode: Roger Williams and the founding of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The establishment of Delaware and North and South Carolina. William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania as a place of religious toleration. The …
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Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 2, “First Ventures.” In this episode: The first English settlements: Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth. The establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Dutch founding of New York and New Jersey. Catholics form their own colony in Maryland. Other early colonies.
Ned Ryun Begins a New Podcast Series Entitled, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 1, “The Die is Cast.” In this episode: An overview of the events, figures and key points of debate leading up to the Declaration of Independence. Would the Second Continental Congress declare independence? What acts and military events led to the …
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Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: The task of passing a Bill of Rights is undertaken. Alexander Hamilton writes in favor in Federalist 84. Federalists use the Bill of Rights to gain support from Anti-Federalists. Bill of Rights inspired by John Locke, Virginia Declaration of Rights, English Declaration of …
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