History of North America

Was America once socialist? Surprisingly, yes. The early settlers who arrived at Jamestown in the early 1600s experimented with socialist communes. Did it work? Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/EH8mi-2CKu4 which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. PragerU books available at https://amzn.to/3HWXgOQ  ...

  Denary Novels, Book One — 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    ...

Taking a deeper look at the archeology behind the startling revelation of Cannibalism during the 1609-1610 Starving Time at Jamestown, Virginia, and, also delve into the science of forensic genetics using the DNA of early colonists. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/3DAlEdLvABw which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations,...

In the domain of customs, manners, and everyday living, the Jacobean era set a distinct tone in Jamestown, Virginia. Let’s examine the archaeological remnants of daily life during the early years of the colony. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/Usux3FqoRxg which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. BB...

Denary Novels, Book One — 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      ...

An archaeological dig at Jamestown, Virginia, unearthed the remains of a teenage girl whose skull had been butchered—confirmation that early settlers resorted to cannibalism to stave off hunger in 1609-10. How does this exciting discovery alter our understanding of that history? Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/1lRc_DKrnLY which has accompanying visuals inclu...

The term historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account that usually involves challenging the established, accepted or traditional views held by scholars about a historical event or timespan or phenomenon, introducing new or contrary evidence, or restating the motivations and decisions of the people involved. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be...

Denary Novels, Book One — 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      ...

In 1608, Pocahontas (1596–1617) befriended the daring English explorer and adventurer John Smith (1580–1631) and later converted to Christianity. She married the Virginia tobacco planter John Rolfe (1585-1622) in 1614 and bore their son. Pocahontas has entered the pantheon of modern popular culture is a subject of art, literature, and film. Numerous places, landmarks, and products in t...

Captain John Smith (1580–1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century.  Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/PbDr1pn9sLU which has accompany...

Denary Novels, Book One — 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      ...

Discovery that Virginia was the perfect environment to cultivate tobacco led to Jamestown's success… and to a great deal of conflict between the English and the natives. Relations between the local natives and colonists became increasingly uncomfortable as more white settlers arrived in Virginia. The natives moved farther inland to distance themselves from the English, but more Europeans ke...

Indentures are agreements between two parties about long-term work. The length of servitude might be a specified number of years or until the servant reached a certain age. Some people indentured themselves in order to gain passage to North America or to escape debt and poverty. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/cLgzFHz4SIY which has accompanying visuals including m...

Denary Novels, Book One — 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      ...

The original Jamestown colonists had never intended to grow all of their own food. Their plans depended upon trade with the local natives to supply them with food between the arrivals of periodic supply ships from England. Lack of access to fresh water and a severe drought crippled the limited agricultural production of the Virginia colonists. Combined with the lack of trade with the Native Americ...

The capitalists who funded the establishment of the Virginia colony may have been concerned with the glory of England and the spreading of the Anglican religion to the natives, but above all, they demanded that the new enterprise turn a profit. Tobacco eventually proved to be the economic base for Virginia for the next two centuries. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.b...

Denary Novels, Book One — 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      ...

Eastern Virginia is called ‘Tidewater’ because the rivers moved to the rhythm of the ocean before they finally merge with Chesapeake Bay. The area between the James and York rivers is known simply as "the peninsula," and it is here that our story unfolds. The entire peninsula is rich in history. The mouth of the James River aligns directly with the entrance to Chesapeake Bay from the A...

After many years of unsuccessful North American settlements, the English founded the colony of Jamestown in Virginia. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/dKH6HXo4IFM   which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Khan Academy available at https://amzn.to/3HSo0jt             &n...

Denary Novels, Book One — 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      ...

The 'Great Man' view of History is a 19th-century approach to the study of history according to which history can be largely explained by the impact of great men, or heroes: highly influential and unique individuals who, due to their natural attributes, such as superior intellect, heroic courage, extraordinary leadership abilities or divine inspiration, have a decisive historical effect. Check out...

In 1602, Captain Bartholomew Gosnold (born in Grundisburgh, Suffolk, England) pioneered a direct sailing route due west from the Azores to the New World in what later became New England. He and his crew explored the coastline with the intention of establishing a colony and small fishing outpost in the southern part of Massachusetts on Cuttyhunk Island. Let’s enjoy first-hand accounts of thei...

Denary Novels, Book One — 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      ...

Bartholomew Gosnold (1571-1607) obtained backing to establish an English colony on the North American Atlantic coastline. In 1602, he set sail in a small bark named the Concord, with thirty-two on board. Let’s listen to a first-hand account of their adventures. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/oMy9edD_k6o which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts,...

Modern-day New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. English plans to colonize this part of America began to take concrete form at the turn of the 17th century. The first expedition to set out from England was led by Bartholomew Gosnold (1571-1607). Eric Yanis of The Other States of...