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Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast)

Oct 24, 2018

John Harvey assumes office as governor of Virginia, but finds himself ill-equipped to negotiate the colony's political situation.  In England, members of the Virginia Company ask for it to be reconstituted.    


Oct 17, 2018

Virginia became a crown colony in 1625, just months before Charles I took the throne.  This episode discusses the transition, the new issues which would define Virginia history under royal control, and outlines the history of the colony up until John Harvey arrived as governor.  


Oct 3, 2018

Concluding the story of Maryland's founding, an overview of the known events of 1639-42.  Claiborne's agitation, Susquehannoc hostility, Baltimore feuds with the Jesuits and Protestants start to seize political control within the colony.