Old Glory – An American History Podcast

The episode will present the exceptional Rhode Island, Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colony, fundamental orders, the orthodox puritans of New Haven, John Wheelwright, New Hampshire, The Pequot War and the United colonies of New England. Picture: The Pequot War 1636. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldgloryp...

The episode will present the puritans struggle for orthodoxy, controversies, internal enemies, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, external enemies, Council of New England, Fernando Gorges, Robert Child, Cambridge platform, Samuel Gorton, church membership and the half way covenant. Picture: Anne Hutchinson on trial 1637. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the po...

The episode will present John Winthrop, the puritans, a troubled time in Europe, a city on a Hill, Council of New England, Cambridge agreement, founding of Salem and Boston, Great migration, population growth, Watertown protests, representative government and bicameralism, founding of Harvard and Town meetings. Picture: The Puritan John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Wikipedia Sub...

The episode will present the downfall of the London Company, The Old Dominion, Crown colony, 3rd Anglo-American war, William Berkeley, Calvert family, Lord Baltimore, founding of Maryland, religious toleration, Kent Island conflict, headrights system, indentured servants and tobacco bonanza. Picture: Catholic church at St Mary's City in the colony of Maryland. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any e...

The episode will present the Popham colony, separatists, the pilgrims, Mayflower, Plymouth colony, Willam Bradford, Mayflower Compact, Miles Standish, Squanto, Thanksgiving, Merrymount, new towns and becoming overshadowed by Massachusetts. Picture: Signing of the Mayflower compact onboard the Mayflower 1620. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Soci...

The episode will present the Jamestown colony, bad location, power struggles, John Smith, Powhatan, new charters, Pocahontas, Dales Laws, headrights system, John Rolfe, tobacco growing, first House of Burgesses, the massacre of 1622 and the fall of the London company. Picture: A stamp celebrating the founding of Jamestown Colony 1607. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you sub...

The episode will present the Sea Dogs, privateering, outposts, attacks on the Spanish gold fleet, Francis Drake, west country men, Martin Frobisher, John Davis, Humphrey Gilbert, Walter Raleigh, the lost colony of Roanoke, John White, the first English-American child Virginia Dare, the Virginia Company. Picture: 19th century illustration depicting the discovery of the lost colony of Roanoke. Wikip...

The episode will present the war of the roses, Henry VIII and the Anglican Church, the reformation, Elisabeth I, puritans, the Spanish Armada, enclosure, wool industry, primogeniture, sturdy beggars, mercantilism and overpopulation. Picture: Seaport at sunset, a painting from 1639 by Claude Lorrain, showing the spirit of Mercantilism. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you sub...

The episode will present the Colony of New Sweden, the Swedish beginning of Delaware, Fort Christina, the first settlement of Philadelphia, the introduction of the Log Cabin, the governor Big Belly, the old swedes churches, the Delaware monument in Wilmington and the story of the Rambo apple. Picture: The Nothnagle Log Cabin built in New Sweden, the oldest house in New Jersey. Wikipedia Subscribe:...

The episode will present the Colony New France, first settlement of Canada, the founding of Quebec and Montreal, Louisiana settlement, Samuel de Champlain, fur trading outposts, the Colony New Netherlands, Purchase of Manhattan, Gotham City of New Amsterdam and the Swedish origin of Bronx. Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.faceb...

The episode will present the expeditions of Juan Ponce de Leon, Cabeza de Vaca, Hernan de Soto and Francisco de Coronado, founding of St. Augustine 1565, the Spanish heritage, the English expedition by John Cabot, the French expeditions of Giovanni da Verrazzano and Jacques Cartier, the Frensch Colony of Fort Caroline in Florida and the Spanish attack. Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure...

The episode will present the age of discovery, the crusades, Henry the navigator, Vasco da Gama, Columbus, the rediscovery of America, Amerigo Vespucci, the Columbian exchange, Fernando Magellan, the treaty of Tordesillas and much more. Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast)...

In this episode, the podcast really starts. The episode will present the land bridge over the Bering Strait, the first Americans, the Columbian exchange, the Vikings' voyages, Bjarne who was the first to discover America, Leif Erikson's voyages, the Viking colony on Newfoundland, the first European child born in America and much more. Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to...

The first episode of the podcast. Besides introducing the podcast and myself, I´m going to talk about what makes American history so interesting. Also, some connections between the US and Sweden you might not have heard before. Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast! Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagr...