Episode 338: The Early History of the United States Senate

by Ben Franklin's World | Sep 13, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/338_History_of_the_Senate.mp3 On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution and submitted it to the states...

Episode 337: Dael Norwood Early America’s Trade with China

by Ben Franklin's World | Aug 30, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/337_Norwood.mp3 What made trade with China so important to the new United States that one of Americans’ first acts after securing the United States’ independence was to establish a trade with China and...

Episode 336: Vanessa Holden, Surviving the Southampton Rebellion

by Ben Franklin's World | Aug 16, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/336_Holden_v2.mp3 What did it take to stage a successful slave uprising? Over the course of the early republic, we see a few violent slave uprisings in the United States. A particularly brutal rebellion took...

Episode 335: Andrew Porwancher, The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

by Ben Franklin's World | Aug 2, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/335_Porwancher.mp3 Alexander Hamilton played important roles in the founding of the United States. He served in the Continental Army, helped frame the United States Constitution, and helped place the United States on...

Episode 334, Brandon Bayne, Missions and Mission Building in New Spain

by Ben Franklin's World | Jul 19, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/334_Bayne.mp3 Spanish explorers and colonists visited, settled, and claimed territory in 42 of the United States’ 50 states. So what does the history of Early America look like from a Spanish point of view? Brandon...

Episode 333: Experiences of Revolution, Part 2: Disruptions in Yorktown

by Ben Franklin's World | Jul 5, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/333_Occupied_Yorktown_v2.mp3 What was everyday life like during the American War for Independence? Our Fourth of July series continues with an investigation of how the American War for Independence impacted those who...