Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast)

A history of the people who became Americans. Formerly The American History Podcast.

Intelligent Speech 2022 12/12/2022

Intelligent Speech 2022 An audio-only version of my presentation at the 2022 Intelligent Speech Conference. For video, ! 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 in success vs. failure deals with psychology and settler mental health, but it is an angle that's been oft overlooked in those early histories. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/25304517

Carolina 2: A rude rabble 11/19/2022

Carolina 2: A rude rabble 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 by people sympathetic to their plight. This meant that a story which, 20 years before, would have left the colonists either dead or destitute, ended with most able to move on with their lives. (transcripts) /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/25069068

Carolina 1: Cape Fear 10/29/2022

Carolina 1: Cape Fear 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 it was time for the next era of English colonial expansion. Because of all of this, settling Carolina would look dramatically different than colonial history that had come before. As we start discussing Carolina, we take a quick look at what some of those differences were. (transcripts) /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/24837879

Restoration 12: The fall of Panama and rise of Jamaica 09/28/2022

Restoration 12: The fall of Panama and rise of Jamaica 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. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/24514107

Restoration 11: Rumors of colonial independence 07/16/2022

Restoration 11: Rumors of colonial independence 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. (transcripts) /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/23761817

Restoration 10: Boys, you gotta learn not to talk to kings that way 06/07/2022

Restoration 10: Boys, you gotta learn not to talk to kings that way 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. (transcripts, sources, etc) or ! /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/23349110

Restoration 9: War and pieces of eight 05/26/2022

Restoration 9: War and pieces of eight 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. (transcripts) /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/23233748

Restoration 8: Barbados, betrayed 05/21/2022

Restoration 8: Barbados, betrayed 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 the colony to the point of irreconcilable hostility to England, its king, and its governor. Colonists united and demanded self rule and free trade. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/23183414

Intelligent Speech 2022 - June 25 05/07/2022

Intelligent Speech 2022 - June 25 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: /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/23034917

Restoration 7: Barbados, alone 05/07/2022

Restoration 7: Barbados, alone 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, facing severe food shortages, and ultimately losing its governor in a hurricane. It would never recover. Support me on ! or for one-time donations! /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/23034593

Restoration 6: No peace beyond the line 04/20/2022

Restoration 6: No peace beyond the line If you enjoy this show, would you please rate/review on whatever podcast app you use? Thank you! As Jamaica limped along after the Western Design, escaped slaves maintained their own colony in the island's central mountains, and pirates controlled Port Royal. From 1661-64, Jamaica had a series of governors, one of whom lasted only 10 weeks in the role. Modiford's defeat in Barbados, though, sent him to Jamaica and in Jamaica he began to make his mark. He quashed all democratic governance in the colony, helped organize the privateers and established valuable crops on the island. is coming June 25! Get your tickets before May 15 and use the promo code RnR to get your tickets for $18! It will be a day with dozens of presentations and panel events featuring amazing, independent history podcasters. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/22849772

Barbados in the Restoration 04/08/2022

Barbados in the Restoration When the Restoration happened, Barbados requested to be made a crown colony, thinking its rights would be better protected. In return for giving up his proprietary rights, Willoughby was made Barbados's first royal governor. Suddenly, Barbadians were faced with the first real imposition to their self-government in well over a decade, and the conflict frustrated both Willoughby and the colonists. Meanwhile, an illegal slave deal with the Spanish ultimately gives Barbados the right to sell slaves to other countries. ! I will be speaking alongside a bunch of other amazing indie educational podcasters at this June 25 event! You can find both ticket information and information about all the speakers at this link. Early bird ticket price is $20, plus 10% off if you use the code RnR. If you like some of my earlier topics, you will definitely enjoy my presentation. ;) /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/22724813

Restoration 4: Meet the new boss 03/22/2022

Restoration 4: Meet the new boss Charles II kept a stronger Parliament within England than his father could have imagined, and he expanded the Navigation Acts, kept the policy of transportation, and pushed the slave trade. When news of the new king's planned policies reached Virginia, Berkeley rushed to ask that they be revoked or modified to avoid crushing his colony. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/22526003

Restoration 3: Fendall's Rebellion 03/03/2022

Restoration 3: Fendall's Rebellion A political fight in Maryland highlights the colony's new state of affairs - Lord Baltimore may own the colony, but he has virtually no power there. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/22320977

Restoration 2: Hopes of paradise lost 02/17/2022

Restoration 2: Hopes of paradise lost After the Restoration prompted a bloody revolt by Thomas Venner's Fifth Monarchist group in London, Charles II cast a wary eye on New England. Meanwhile, regicides Whalley and Goffe had escaped punishment in England to make their home in Massachusetts. The fallout would lead to the end of New Haven as a colony. Website & Transcripts: /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/22164446

Restoration 1: America in 1660 01/28/2022

Restoration 1: America in 1660 A quick recap of everything that's changed in America during the period of the English Civil Wars and Interregnum/Commonwealth, as well as problems colonists are facing going into the reign of King Charles II. By the way, I've got a patreon (for ongoing support) and Buy Me a Coffee (easier for one-time donations) now, so if you're interested in helping support the show, the links are below! /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/21929933

ECW 32: The Restoration 01/13/2022

ECW 32: The Restoration In the final episode of our English Civil War series, we discuss the Restoration. After Cromwell died, there was chaos that could have erupted in yet another round of war. Instead, though, the return of Charles II to the throne of England occurred without bloodshed, which only intensified the excitement over his return. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/21766847

ECW 31: Frustrations in Rhode Island 12/31/2021

ECW 31: Frustrations in Rhode Island While New England's comfort generally increased in the Cromwell years, Rhode Island suffered from a lagging economy, political divisions and even issues with religious dissidents. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/21640046

ECW 30: How long is this Cromwell thing going to last, anyway? 12/09/2021

ECW 30: How long is this Cromwell thing going to last, anyway? Cromwell decides in favor of Baltimore's proprietorship in Maryland, Virginia works to subvert English puritan leadership and reinstall a royalist government, Bermuda has its first slave revolt, and Barbados foreshadows Revolutionary War sentiments by opposing taxation without representation. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/21431501

ECW 29: The Western Design 11/25/2021

ECW 29: The Western Design The Western Design was supposed to be England's plan to conquer Spanish America, starting with Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Cartagena (Colombia). Instead, after a disastrous expedition, England had ended up with Jamaica. For a while, owning Jamaica was disastrous in and of itself. Tens of thousands of people died, a huge percent of them Irish victims of transportation. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/21280115

ECW 28: Mary Dyer & the early Quakers 11/10/2021

ECW 28: Mary Dyer & the early Quakers Former Anne Hutchinson disciple Mary Dyer was the third of four Quakers to be executed in New England. Persecution of Quakers was rampant across the English speaking world, ranging from imprisonment in Suriname to whipping in the Chesapeake to executions in New England. In England, itself, by 1655, they were dubbed the greatest threat left to England's future. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/21112217

ECW 27: Witch trials in the Devils Isles 10/27/2021

ECW 27: Witch trials in the Devils Isles America's history of witch executions started 40 years before the Salem Witch Trials. Its first victim was Connecticut's Alse Young in 1647. Soon, Massachusetts had joined in the practice, as had Bermuda. Devastated Bermuda and legally-dubious Connecticut saw the largest numbers of witch trials in these years, and we examine how that came to be. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/20954282

ECW 27: Witch trials in the Devils Isles 10/27/2021

ECW 26: Maine 10/14/2021

ECW 26: Maine A brief history of the Province of Maine, culminating in its takeover by Massachusetts Bay in 1652/3. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/20809715

ECW 26: Maine 10/14/2021

ECW 26: Maine A brief history of the Province of Maine, culminating in its takeover by Massachusetts Bay in 1652/3. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/20809718

ECW 25: The Guinea Company 09/30/2021

ECW 25: The Guinea Company England's participation in the Western African trade started very slowly, and the slave trade was explicitly rejected by early English traders to Africa. Still, within 40 years, English participation in the slave trade became common, and England's most valuable colony (Barbados) had shifted to slavery as a labor source. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/20657969

ECW 25: The Guinea Company 09/30/2021

ECW 24: The Battle of the Severn 09/15/2021

ECW 24: The Battle of the Severn Bennett and Claiborne had control of Virginia, and two weeks later they went to Maryland to demand it renounce its loyalty to Lord Baltimore. When Marylanders refused, they took over the colony's government. Baltimore ordered his governor to fight to maintain the colony's government (and therefore, its stance of toleration toward Catholics), and this fight culminated in a bloody fight involving nearly 400 colonists. This came to be known as the Battle of the Severn. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/20484032

ECW 23: Empire 09/02/2021

ECW 23: Empire England moves to suppress the colonies which declared allegiance to King Charles II over the Commonwealth. The battle reaches its climax in Barbados, with a three month siege and potential battle between armies of thousands. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/20349962

ECW 22: The English Invasion of Scotland 08/19/2021

ECW 22: The English Invasion of Scotland The execution of Charles I led to one last wave of war in England and Scotland, dubbed the Third English Civil War, and the English Invasion of Scotland. England's victory left them in control of Scotland, with a military government led by George Monck. /episode/index/show/americanhistorypodcast/id/20189615

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