America’s Story Podcast with Dan Sheridan

Dan Sheridan Do you want to know more about American history but you just don’t have extra time to read? Do you want to learn American History in a fun, non-threatening, free of partisan-bickering way? Do you want the lessons short and sweet? This is for you!

“A nation’s past history governs its present actions but only in terms of what its citizens believe their past history to have been.” Barbara Tuchman

“A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.”  President Woodrow Wilson

Part 1: Discovery

01 – Introduction http://sheridanhistory.com/introduction-i-flipped-a-coin-will-rogers-lost/
02 – Here Come The Vikings http://sheridanhistory.com/here-come-the-vikings/ Vikings
03 – Trade Between East And West http://sheridanhistory.com/ancient-trade-routes-between-east-and-west/
04 – Trade Comes To A Halt http://sheridanhistory.com/ancient-trade-comes-to-a-halt/
05 – The Portuguese Lead the Way http://sheridanhistory.com/the-portuguese-lead-the-way-overcoming-superstitions-good-and-slavery-bad/
Columbus on the Docks06 – Intellectual and Technological Advances http://sheridanhistory.com/intellectual-and-technological-advances/
07 – America, Bad Math, and Play-Doh http://sheridanhistory.com/america-bad-math-and-play-doh/
08 – Mela, Ptolemy, and Toscanelli the Mapmakers http://sheridanhistory.com/mela-ptolemy-and-toscanelli-the-mapmakers/
09 – Columbus’s Two Motives: Money and Religion http://sheridanhistory.com/columbuss-two-motivations-money-and-religion/
10 – A Journey of Fools http://sheridanhistory.com/a-journey-of-fools/
11 – The Journey to the New World http://sheridanhistory.com/the-journey-to-the-new-world/
Colmbus Lands12 – Columbus Claims the New World for Spain http://sheridanhistory.com/columbus-claims-the-new-world-for-spain/
13 – A Hero’s Welcome http://sheridanhistory.com/columbus-receives-a-heros-welcome/
Columbus Death Bed14 – A Villains End http://sheridanhistory.com/a-villains-end/
15 – The Story of John and Sebastian Cabot http://sheridanhistory.com/the-story-of-john-and-sebastian-cabot/
16 Pinzon, Vespucci and Gama http://sheridanhistory.com/pinzon-vespucci-and-gama/
17 Amerigo Vespucci http://sheridanhistory.com/amerigo-vespucci/
18 How America Got Its Name http://sheridanhistory.com/how-america-got-its-name/
19 Spanish Discoveries http://sheridanhistory.com/spanish-discoveries/ Balboa Pacific
20 Magellan Sails Around The World http://sheridanhistory.com/magellan-sails-around-the-world/
21 Meet The Natives http://sheridanhistory.com/meet-the-natives-2/
22 Indians West of the Rockies http://sheridanhistory.com/indians-west-of-the-rockies/
23 Indians East of the Rockies: Social Order and Religion of the Clan and Tribe http://sheridanhistory.com/indians-east-of-the-rockies-the-social-order-and-religion-of-the-clan-and-tribe/
24 The Natives and the Europeans Compared http://sheridanhistory.com/thPueblo Dwellinge-eastern-native-tribes-and-the-europeans-compared/
25 The Pueblo http://sheridanhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/25-Americas-Story-.mp3

26 Review of the Discovery Period http://sheridanhistory.com/review-of-the-discovery-period/

Part 2 Colonization

27 Spanish Settlements Part 1: First Settlements and Slavery http://sheridanhistory.com/the-spanish-part-1-first-settlements-and-slavery/
28 Spanish Settlements Part 2: The Adventures of Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado http://sheridanhistory.com/the-spanish-part-2-the-adventures-of-cabeza-de-vaca-and-coronado/
29 Spanish Settlements Part 3: http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-29-the-spanish-part-3/
30 French Settlement Part 1: http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-30-the-french-part-1-verrazano/
31 French Settlement Part 2: http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-31-canada-is-born/
champlain-and-the-iroquois_oil-painting32 French Settlement Part 3: http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-32-the-french-huguenots-in-florida/
33 French Settlement Part 4: http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-33-the-settlement-of-canada/
34 French Settlement Part 5: http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-34-the-first-battle-of-ticonderoga/
35 French Settlement Part 6: http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-35-french-and-native-relations/
36 French Settlement Part 7: http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-36-marquette-and-joliet/
37 French Settlement Part 8: http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-37-la-salle-and-louisiana/
38 Dutch Settlements http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-38-the-dutch-and-henry-hudson/
39 Permanent Settlements and Controversial Claims http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-39-permanent-settlements-and-controversial-claims-of-the-1600s/
Hawkins The Good Ship Jesus40 The English Look Back To American: Slavery and Religion http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-40-the-english-look-back-to-america-slavery-and-religion/
41 The Opening Scene of American History – The Defeat of the Spanish Armada http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-41-the-opening-scene-of-american-history-the-defeat-of-the-spanish-armada/
42 Moves Toward Permanent Settlements http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-42-the-move-toward-permanent-settlements/
43 America: The Land of Opportunity http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-43-america-the-land-of-opportunity/
44 Raleigh’s Expeditions http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-44-raleighs-expeditions/
John White CROATOAN45 The 45 Perils of the New World http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-45-perils-of-the-new-world/
46 The Legacy of Sir Walter Raleigh http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-46-the-legacy-of-sir-walter-raleigh/
47 Bartholomew Gosnold http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-47-bartholomew-gosnold/
48 The London and Plymouth Charters http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-48-the-london-and-plymouth-charters/
49 Beginning of Jamestown http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-49-beginning-of-jamestown/
50 Problems in Jamestown http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-50-problems-in-jamestown/
51 John Smith Saves The Day http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-51-john-smith-saves-the-day/
52 Starving Time In Jamestown http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-52-the-starving-time-in-jamestown/
53 Communism Abolished and Tobacco Established http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-53-communism-and-tobacco/
54 The Fall From Paradise – Beginning of Slavery in America http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-54-the-fall-from-paradise-beginning-of-slavery-in-america/
55 Birth of America’s Free Institutions http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-55-the-birth-of-americas-free-institutions/
56 Kings React To American Freedoms http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-56-kings-react-to-american-freedoms/
57 Roundheads vs. Cavaliers http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-57-roundheads-vs-cavaliers/
58 The First Martyrs in the Cause of American Freedom http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-58-the-first-martyrs-in-the-cause-of-american-freedom/
59 The Founding of American Educational Institutions http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-59-the-founding-of-american-educational-institutions/
60 Early Unsuccessful Attempts To Settle New England http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-60-early-unsuccessful-attempts-to-settle-new-england/
61 Puritans and Separatists and the “Sort-Of” Reformation http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-61-puritans-and-separatists-and-the-sort-of-reformation/
62 Macaulay’s Description of the Puritans http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-62-macaulays-description-of-the-puritans/
63 The Struggles of the Pilgrims in the Old World http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-63-the-struggles-of-the-pilgrims-in-the-old-world/
64 The Mayflower and Beginnings of Self-Government In New England http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-64-the-mayflower-and-beginnings-of-self-government-in-new-england/
65 Stepping Stones http://sheridanhistory.com/americas-story-lesson-65-stepping-stones/

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