Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast)
112 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA history of the people who became Americans. Formerly The American History Podcast.
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Jamestown 8: Bloodletting
February 07, 2018 08:44 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBOn March 22, 1622, Powhatan warriors killed 25% of Virginia's population and forced the survivors to flee to one of six remaining settlement sites. They starved, and war resumed. This time, though, the Powhatan were vanquished, and Virginia was made a royal colony. The final episode of the Jamestown series, ends with discussion of everyday life in 17th century Virginia.
Jamestown 7: The kidnapping of Pocahontas
January 31, 2018 06:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBThe kidnapping of Pocahontas ended 5 years of Powhatan-English attrition and cemented the defeat of Wahunsenaca. Then, with Dale replaced as governor, Jamestown was able to thrive with the end of martial law and the creation of a new legislative assembly. In the penultimate episode of the Jamestown series, Virginia had finally begun to thrive. It was the first American boomtown.
Jamestown 6: A new era
January 24, 2018 06:00 - 19 minutes - 9.23 MBJamestown couldn't survive forever as an underfunded outpost full of people fighting over control of a wooden fort. When Lord Delaware came, he turned Jamestown into a military camp, with martial law. Thomas Dale expanded on his reforms, and soon Jamestown was struggling again - this time under the weight of tyranny and Powhatan war.
Jamestown 5: The Tempest
January 17, 2018 07:39 - 25 minutes - 12 MBThe Sea Venture crashed in Bermuda, and over the course of 10 months its passengers built homemade ships big enough to get them to Jamestown. When they reached Virginia, they found most of the people dead of starvation, and the survivors having resorted to cannibalism to survive. When they saw they only had 13 days of food left, they had a decision to make.
Jamestown 4: Gunpowder
January 10, 2018 08:00 - 18 minutes - 8.62 MBCaught between hostile Powhatan and divided settlers, John Smith fought to keep Jamestown from falling apart. Then, seven ships came with dozens of settlers, no supplies and ambiguous instructions from London. Smith saw himself as the only person who could keep Virginia together, but he became the first casualty of its impending collapse.
Jamestown 3: The Coronation of Powhatan
January 03, 2018 10:06 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBNewport arrived just in time to prevent Smith from being hanged, but the two clashed strongly over how to run the colony. Over the course of a year, irreparable damage was done to Jamestown, and though Smith was elected president, and the London Company followed his recommendations, it was too late to prevent disaster.
Jamestown 2: John Smith and Pocahontas
December 27, 2017 08:00 - 33 minutes - 15.9 MBWhen Newport left, Jamestown fell into chaos. One man was executed, and another's connections to the Gunpowder Plot revealed. John Smith took control, first getting food, then exploring, then meeting Pocahontas as a prisoner of the Powhatan.
Jamestown 1: Paradise
December 21, 2017 00:11 - 28 minutes - 26 MBWhen the first settlers arrived in Virginia, it seemed like paradise. They met the local peoples, explored the lush forests, and selected a settlement location. Unfortunately, they'd spent too long at sea and used their provisions, and some of the settlers clearly weren't who they said they were.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
December 20, 2017 23:43 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBRoanoke was a key moment in England's colonization of the New World, the first real attempt at establishing a settlement. It's a perfect insight into what made settlements fail - bad communication, bad timing, expense. Of course, it's also known for its mystery, so I've selected what I think are the top three pieces of evidence of what happened to the colonists.
Prologue 2 - Why people came to America
December 20, 2017 16:09 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBHenry VIII had created extraordinary social upheaval, and it was up to his successors to manage the situation as peacefully as possible. Elizabeth I and James I/VII both managed to do that. Still, some people didn't fit into England's new "normal," either being pushed out economically, or holding values that clashed with their solutions.
Prologue 1 - Why people left England
December 20, 2017 12:47 - 20 minutes - 19.5 MBThe early years of Tudor reign saw unprecedented changes in English society. The aftermath of Henry VIII's reforms would ultimately drive people to America, and the social fragmentation he encouraged would lead to American regional differences, even much later. A message from 2022 me: This is the first podcast episode I ever recorded, and it's rough. It's significantly less rough than the 4+ takes I did before this one! But my audio gets continually better, I promise. If this topic i...
Introduction
September 24, 2017 04:51 - 7 minutes - 7.47 MBHopefully we'll be spending a fair amount of time together, so here's a quick introduction to me and what you can expect from the podcast.