History of North America

Did early European colonization and settlement of North America usher in the realization of Utopian ideals or Dystopian nightmares? Let’s investigate by recalling these classic works of literature: Thomas More's Utopia; Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World; George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm; Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451; and Yevgeny Zamyatin’s WE. Enjoy this ENCORE Pre...

Denary Novels, Book Three — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet    ...

Join me as I explore the life, works, and deeds of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) who wrote books (Little House on the Prairie) that would enchant millions of kids, young and old.  Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/SUSfnzkZZ2w  which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Laura Ingalls Wilder BOOKS at https...

Clergyman Roger Williams was a Puritan theologian and linguist who founded Providence Plantations in 1636 on land given to him by Narragansett sachem Canonicus. Williams named the settlement Providence Plantations because he believed that God had brought them there. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/QhUUS83LMk  which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts,...

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day southeastern United States searching for gold and a passage to China from 1539-42. Along the way, he became the first European to cross the Mississippi River. Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/CNRACG...

Denary Novels, Book Three — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet    ...

Puritan English clergyman Roger Williams founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.   Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/frbUQMAMg6s  which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Roger Williams books available at https://amzn.to/3ULVojD Providence Plantations books at https://amzn.to/4bEHAN...

Exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony English Puritan Roger Williams plans to make the most radical settlement in the New World. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/NICx9iyFL3o  which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Roger Williams books available at https://amzn.to/3ULVojD Massachusetts Bay Colony boo...

During the colonization period, the Spanish Main was the collective term for the parts of the Spanish Empire that were on the mainland of the Americas and had coastlines on the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico. The term was used to distinguish those regions from the numerous islands Spain controlled in the Caribbean, which were known as the Spanish West Indies. The Spanish Main included Spanish Flo...

Denary Novels, Book Three — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon....

Reacting to the repressive religious policies of England in 1630, over the next ten years, about 20,000 Puritans emigrated from England to Massachusetts and the neighboring colonies during what came to be known as the Puritan migration to New England. One such migrating Puritan was English minister Roger Williams, who founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Check out the You...

1630s Massachusetts Bay Colony English minister, Roger Williams (1603-83), would later found the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Let’s travel back with Eric Yanis of The Other States of America podcast to learn more about this remarkable time in North American history. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/4POEJ9mxa_I which has accompanying visuals in...

Like the Shroud of Turin, many claim that North America’s most venerated Christian relic holds a blessed and sacred image formed in 1531, a decade after the conquest of Mesoamerica by Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez. Known as the Virgin of Guadalupe this holy image on a cloak became a recognized symbol of Catholic Mexicans and is today enshrined within the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalup...

Many of you have asked me to produce audio versions of each of the Denary Historical Books I have authored—a 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels. Since my Denary books are heavily immersed in history and connected with North America, I’ve decided to present the entire series in podcast form, for FREE. In other words, every episod...

Young women were recruited from 1621-25 to become wives for the planters in the Virginia Company of London's new colony in Jamestown. Who were the English women who made the Atlantic crossing? And what happened to them when they arrived?   Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/mWlQAHzbfDw  which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustr...

In 1621 the Virginia Company of London recruited young women to become wives for the planters in its new colony in Jamestown. Though the women had all gone of their own free will, they were to be sold into marriage in exchange for tobacco leaves, generating a profit for investors and helping ensure the colony's long-term viability. Hopeful husbands were supposed to pay for their brides in tobacco....

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan's 1519-22 expedition was the first known circumnavigation of the Earth. His epic voyage opened trade routes connecting much of the world, including the North American continent. Guest podcaster Charles Kimball of the «History of Southeast Asia» shares his views on the daring feats of this celebrated adventurer. Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation! Chec...

Denary Novels, Book Two — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  LISTEN to this podcast's theme music & Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diag...

Trading British Brides for American Tobacco in colonial Jamestown, Virginia. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/UhYG0J5Vy94  which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Not Just the Tudors podcast available at https://amzn.to/3OelJnj Suzannah Lipscomb books available at https://amzn.to/44M1dQ6   The Jamestown...

With some 17,000 Puritans migrating to New England by the mid-1630s, Harvard University was founded in anticipation of the need for training clergy for the new commonwealth, then known as a "church in the wilderness". Harvard College was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/R0_T...

Historicity of 1521 conquest of Mexico from the Aztecs by Spanish Conquistadors; Q&A session. Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/CkvfAWKSuSM which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Mexico History books available at https://amzn.to/43dBlfv         &nb...

Denary Novels, Book Two — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  LISTEN to this podcast's theme music & Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diag...

Tomato seeds were brought from Mexico to Spain by those early explorers as part of the great Columbian exchange. From there the plant spread to Italy by the mid-1500s where it began to be incorporated into regional cuisine. Over the following decades, tomato plants were cultivated throughout Europe, but primarily as an ornamental plant. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://yout...

Tlaxcaltecs are an indigenous Nahua people who originate from Tlaxcala, Mexico. The Confederacy of Tlaxcala was instrumental in overthrowing the Aztec Empire alongside soldiers from the Kingdom of Spain led by Hernan Cortez. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/92VDcDQpqYQ   which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and di...

In 1519-21, during the reign of legendary Aztec King Montezuma , Conquistador Hernan Cortes conquered Mexico and founded the Kingdom of New Spain. Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/1L-sKN1xHFk which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Mexico History books available at https:...