Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast)

Dec 12 2022 106 ep. 31 mins 553
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A history of the people who became Americans. Formerly The American History Podcast.

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Intelligent Speech 2022

Dec 12 2022 42 mins  
An audio-only version of my presentation at the 2022 Intelligent Speech Conference. For video, click here! In this presentation, I took a step back to explore the process of settling a new colony, a big-picture discussion of the colonies we've discussed through the lens of 20th Century research on settlement requirements and dynamics. It should surprise no one that a huge factor i

Carolina 2: A rude rabble

Nov 18 2022 28 mins  
The story of Carolina's second settlement attempt was the type of failure we've frequently discussed, but it was also a failure for a new era. English proprietors got distracted, severe supply shortages emerged, and conflict with indigenous tribes ultimately caused the colony to collapse. But, colonists knew what to do, they forcefully made their feelings known, and they were led b

Carolina 1: Cape Fear

Oct 28 2022 28 mins  
Carolina was a colony for a new era. The Jacobean settlements of Virginia, Bermuda and Plymouth had been tiny, struggling outposts in a very New World. The colonies formed under Charles I (the rest of New England, Barbados, Maryland and others) had been defined by the political and religious turbulence of his reign. Now, a revolution had come and gone, an empire had been born, and

Restoration 12: The fall of Panama and rise of Jamaica

Sep 28 2022 38 mins  
Henry Morgan's privateering exploits had turned to full on piracy by the time he attacked Maracaibo and, especially, Panama City. Still, he enjoyed the support of the island's population and leadership, and the money he brought to the colony facilitated its transformation into one of England's wealthiest colonies. Website (transcripts) Patreon Buy Me a Coffee Twitter

Restoration 11: Rumors of colonial independence

Jul 15 2022 45 mins  
After the Willoughby brothers, the king imposed governors in Barbados who he expected to be loyal to him instead of the colony. The first two backfired in dramatically different ways, one siding with the colonists, and the other descending into embarrasing levels of tyranny and corruption. Website (transcripts)

Restoration 10: Boys, you gotta learn not to talk to kings that way

Jun 06 2022 27 mins  
Neither the king nor Barbados was willing to budge over the financial issues surrounding the Second Anglo-Dutch War, and what ensued was the biggest showdown between king and colony in American history. Website (transcripts, sources, etc) Patreon or BMAC Intelligent Speech is coming!

Restoration 9: War and pieces of eight

May 26 2022 30 mins  
Henry Morgan's piratical exploits during the Second Anglo-Dutch War took him into combat not with England's allies, but rather against the Spanish of Cuba and Panama. Website (transcripts) Intelligent Speech Conference information!

Restoration 8: Barbados, betrayed

May 21 2022 29 mins  
Barbados would never really recover from the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Compared to islands like St. Kitts, it had gotten through the conflict without too much damage, but it had still funded and fought a full theater of war almost alone, and when the war was over, the demands and impositions (not least, the Navigation Acts finally being fully enforced) just kept coming. This pushed

Intelligent Speech 2022 - June 25

May 06 2022 3 mins  
Information about this year's Intelligent Speech Conference! 35 presentations in four virtual rooms bringing together the independent educational podcast community. This year's theme: Crossings Date: June 25, 2022 Place: Your home, via Zoom Tickets: $20 before June 1. 10% off with promo code RnR. Standard price $30. Learn more: https://intelligentspeechconference.com

Restoration 7: Barbados, alone

May 06 2022 35 mins  
The First Anglo-Dutch War hit Barbados hard. After a 10 hour battle expended all their ammunition, colonists and king bickered over who should be responsible for buying more. Ultimately, the compromise was to put off the issue by loaning the king the money, and for two years, Barbados defended England's Caribbean holdings, spending 100,000 pounds, recruiting thousands of soldiers,