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A Distinctive Society: Slavery and Identity
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While northern colonies became more diverse in the early 18th century, the distinctive nature of a slave society began to characterize the southern colonies. This program examines the slave trade, the conditions of slave labor, the emergence of an African American culture and the effects of slavery ...
A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation
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A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation, is the first comprehensive recreation of those heated debates during the summer of 1787. Filmed on location at Independence Hall and other historical sites, it dramatically chronicles how America became a nation and those underlying principles that ...
Audio CD contains 9 stories: Attempts To Stop the Liberty Party, Governor Paid by English Parliament, How Are the Judges Being Paid? Committees of Correspondence, Governor Hutchinson's Damaging Letters, Letters Published, Ben Franklin Arrested, Half-Priced Tea, The Boston Tea Party.
A Peaceful Transfer of Power
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While Washington and Hamilton had laid foundations of stability, internal and external conflicts continued to disrupt the nation. This program analyzes how, out of this turmoil, important precedents became established, including the acceptance by the revolutionary generation of a peaceful transfer ...
A Precarious Experiment
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Peace Treaty (1783) with Great Britain negotiated by Richard Oswald, John Jay, and Benjamin Franklin. Uncertainies facing young country. Effects of war on new nation's people, politics, and economy. Difficulty of functioning as 'nation' under Articles of Confederation. Partial resolution of ...
Andrew Jackson: The Common Man Disc 28
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Audio CD contains 8 stories: A Youth in North Carolina, Prisoners of War, Deaths in the Family, West to Tennessee, Troubles with the Native Americans, Tennessee Statehood and Democracy, Congressman and Senator, Judge and General.
Breed's Hill & Common Sense Disc 18
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Audio CD contains 9 stories: Plan For Bunker Hill, Strategy Of War, The Battle Begins, Whites of Their Eyes, Soldiers Need Discipline, Talk of Democracy, A Lull in the War, Congress Still Divided, 'Common Sense' Unifies the People.
British America: Settling in the Southern Colonies
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Failing at Roanoke, the British established permanent colonies at Jamestown and later in the Charleston area. This lesson examines how the emergence of staple crops, forced labor, and a racial hierarchy shaped the society, economy, and politics of the region in the 17th century.
