The Magical History Tour Podcast

In the election of 1824 there were five candidates, one popular winner, and a completely different candidate elected. This led us to a very nasty, bitter election in 1828. On this tour we watch the drama unfold between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. You won’t want to miss it! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

Monroe had the luck to be President when the country was relatively free of divisive issues. Patriotism from the Battle of New Orleans abounded…but what bad feelings might have been lurking under the surface? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollisknodewrites.substack.com

Today we tour both the Market Revolution and Industrial Revolution (which are related), and look at a little culture of the early 1800s. We'll even check out a little court case called McCulloch v. Maryland, and see how the Supreme Court expands the power of the federal government. Come take the tour! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

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Jefferson hopes for an Agrarian Republic, and has a spectacular first term, culminating in the Louisiana Purchase, which nearly doubles the size of the country. He wins his second term easily, but has a lot more trouble, even taking the country into a depression with his Embargo Act. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

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This week we tour Washington's Presidency, noting how he establishes the way things get done in the Executive Office, and how he sets up the Cabinet. Speaking of which, you'll see a lot of drama between Hamilton and Jefferson in the Cabinet....so much so that we'll get the first political parties out of their drama. Take the tour! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with ot...

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Our podcast takes us on a post-Revolution tour of how we first set up our government, and the first constitution we create, the Articles of Confederation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollisknodewrites.substack.com

Our tour finishes the Road to Revolution series as we tour the Battle of Trenton and wintering at Valley Forge to the battle at Saratoga and finally surrender at Yorktown. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollisknodewrites.substack.com

Today's tour will take us first to a little tea party in Boston that could very well get a little out of hand. We'll visit the First Continental Congress and we'll talk about the shot heard round the world. We'll swing by the Second Continental Congress and see George Washington given command of the colonial army, and we'll see the effects of Thomas Payne's pamphlet called Common Sense. Finally, w...

In this episode we'll take our tour down the road to Revolution. The British, hard up for money after the French and Indian War, start taxing the colonists. We'll see the reaction of the colonists to the Sugar, Townshend, and other acts, as well as look at how the Boston Massacre came about, and how it affected the mindset of the country. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...

Today, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, we will take a short tour, looking at Dr. King's effect on the civil rights movement in America. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollisknodewrites.substack.com

Today we'll see the problems that erupt between the French and English colonies, how war erupts, and who ends up victorious. We'll also see how the Native American tribes play into the war, and how it affects them. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollisknodewrites.substack.com

On this tour we’ll see a lot of beginnings . We’ll first see the beginnings of slavery in the Americas - a topic we’ll continue to follow for quite some time through our history. We’ll also do a lightning tour of the beginnings of the Enlightenment and later the Great Awakening in America. Listen, and be enlightened! ;-) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscr...

It’s the witchy tour you’ve all been waiting for! This week, we delve into the culture of the colonies. We see some of the differences between the northern, middle, and southern colonies. We’ll take a closer look at Puritan life, and we’ll see if we can understand what in the world might have led to the Salem witch trials. See? You know you want to listen! This is a public episode. If you would li...

In this episode, we take a magical history tour through eleven of the thirteen British colonies and see how each one comes into being. From the Pilgrims and the Puritans in Massachusetts Bay to the former jailed debtors in the buffer state of Georgia, we tour the beginnings of each colony. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi...

Our magical history tour takes us next to the first two of the original thirteen colonies (Virginia and Maryland), and we briefly see why and how each one came into being. We'll have a guest appearance by Pocohontas, learn a little bit about indentured servitude in Virginia, and see how Lord Baltimore's attempt to set up a feudal society in Maryland wasn't probably the best idea. This is a public...

In this episode, we travel to the Protestant Reformation, the Huguenots failed attempts to colonize the Americas, and we visit New France. Then we zip on over to see Roanoke and the first English attempts to colonize. We learn a very important tip while on this magical history tour, and that’s Never Leave Your Colony or very, very bad things happen. This is a public episode. If you would like to d...

In this episode, we travel to see Columbus sail the ocean blue, and both he and Cortés separately gang up on the native tribes in the Americas. There’s a rundown of the Columbian Exchange and the Spanish in the Americas, references to a Certain Simpsons Episode, and whole lot of epidemic diseases – and not just in the Americas. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...

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