What do we know about how and why England came to establish its first permanent colony at Jamestown? And what do we know about the English...
How did Americans learn to establish philanthropic institutions? Victoria Johnson, an Associate Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at...
What do you know about the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution? Caitlin Galante-DeAngelis Hopkins, a Lecturer in the...
On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode to Lexington, Massachusetts to spread the alarm that the Regulars were marching. Revere made several...
How do you uncover the life of an enslaved person who left no paper trail? What can the everyday life of an enslaved person tell us about...
What was everyday life like for average men and women in early America? Listeners ask this question more than any other question and today...
What in the first 40 years of his life made Benjamin Franklin the genius he became? Benjamin Franklin serves as a great window on to the...
How did the people of early America experience and feel about winter? Thomas Wickman, an Associate Professor of History and American...
How did early Americans educate their children? How and when did Americans create a formal system of public education? You sent me these...
On July 1, 1790, Congress passed “An Act for Establishing the temporary and permanent Seat of the Government of the United States.” This...