Trail of History - The Battle of Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain: Trail of History explores the Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain and meets the people protecting the sacred battleground.
From Boston to Yorktown: Tales of the National Trails
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the National Trails Act of 1968, Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, explores key events at historic sites featured in National Historic Trails and National Recreation Trails with William Fowler, professor emeritus of history at Northeastern University.
George Dewey
George Dewey was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in U.S. history to have attained the rank. Admiral Dewey is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
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George Dewey | Wikipedia audio article
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George Dewey
00:01:49 1 Early life
00:02:55 2 Naval career
00:03:04 2.1 Naval Academy
00:03:38 2.2 Midshipman
00:04:40 2.3 Civil War service
00:05:00 2.3.1 Attack on New Orleans
00:06:39 2.3.2 Battle of Port Hudson
00:07:22 2.4 Assignment to USS iAgawam/i
00:08:12 2.5 Assignment to USS iColorado/i
00:08:39 2.6 Battles of Fort Fisher
00:10:19 3 Post–Civil War life
00:10:43 3.1 Peacetime assignments
00:12:12 3.2 Lighthouse Board
00:12:49 3.3 Assignment to USS iDolphin/i
00:13:46 3.4 Asiatic Squadron
00:17:48 4 Spanish–American War
00:17:58 4.1 Battle of Manila Bay
00:18:40 4.2 Philippines
00:19:27 5 Hero
00:21:55 6 Politics
00:23:15 7 Marriages and death
00:25:13 8 Memberships
00:26:41 9 Dates of rank
00:27:51 10 Honors
00:28:30 10.1 Namesakes
00:31:52 10.2 Other
00:32:17 11 See also
00:32:28 12 Notes
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George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained the rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
Born in Montpelier, Vermont, Dewey entered the United States Naval Academy in 1854. He graduated from the academy in 1858 and was assigned as the executive lieutenant of the USS Mississippi at the beginning of the Civil War. He participated in the capture of New Orleans and the Siege of Port Hudson, helping the Union take control of the Mississippi River. By the end of the war, Dewey reached the rank of lieutenant commander.
After the Civil War, Dewey undertook a variety of assignments, serving on multiple ships and as an instructor at the Naval Academy. He also served on the United States Lighthouse Board and the Board of Inspection and Survey. He was promoted to Commodore in 1896 and assigned to the Asiatic Squadron the following year. After that appointment, he began preparations for a potential war with Spain, which broke out in April 1898. Immediately after the beginning of the war, Dewey led an attack on Manila Bay, sinking the entire Spanish Pacific fleet while suffering only minor casualties. After the battle, his fleet assisted in the capture of Manila. Dewey's victory at Manila Bay was widely lauded in the United States, and he was promoted to Admiral of the Navy in 1903.
Dewey explored a run for the 1900 Democratic presidential nomination, but he withdrew from the race and endorsed President William McKinley. He served on the General Board of the United States Navy, an important policy-making body, from 1900 until his death in 1917.
Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy: The Old Gamester: General John Burgoyne
Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy, Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello) presents his lecture The Old Gamester: General John Burgoyne
May 2, 2018
British General John Burgoyne’s theatrical personality, manicured appearance, and work as a playwright perfectly embody the stereotype of the aristocratic dilettante. His portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted about 1766, is the inspiration for this lecture, which details Burgoyne’s career as a rising military star before his defeat at Saratoga, a battle often regarded as the turning point of the American Revolution.
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The American Civil War - Origins, Slavery, States Rights, Lincoln, Fort Sumter
The American College of History and Legal Studies hosts a discussion on the Civil War, 1861-1865. Lead by ACHLS founding dean, and Pulitzer Prize nominee Michael Chesson. Questions discussed include...
What was the major cause of the Civil War, slavery or states rights?
Was the Civil War inevitable?
How did the economics of slave labor effect the start of the war?
How did northerners and southerners identify, by county, state or country?
How interdependent were the northern and southern economies?
Why did poor southern whites support the slave owners?
How were regiments formed and named?
What role did the abolitionists play in the war?
How did the Northerners and Southerners view one another?
Why did the confederates fire on Fort Sumpter and how did Lincoln respond?
How are the issues of the civil war reflected in both the US and the world at large today?
This is part one of the three hour discussion.
The American College of History and Legal Studies was created by the Massachusetts School of Law,
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Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup | Full Audiobook with subtitles
Twelve Years a Slave
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Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being held for twelve years on a Louisiana plantation, he is eventually freed and reunited with his family. (Summary by RobBoard)
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History of the National Park Service | Wikipedia audio article
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History of the National Park Service
00:00:38 1 Beginnings
00:00:46 1.1 National Parks 1864–1891
00:03:52 1.2 National Monument line I, 1906–1916
00:07:20 1.3 Mineral Springs line, 1832–1916
00:08:32 2 Establishment, 1916
00:09:18 3 Reorganization of 1933
00:10:49 3.1 National Capital Parks line, 1790–1933
00:12:33 3.2 National Memorials line, 1776–1933
00:15:05 3.3 National Military Parks line, 1781–1933
00:18:02 3.4 National Cemetery line, 1867–1933
00:20:07 3.5 National Monument line II, 1910–1933; War Department
00:21:00 3.6 National Monument line III, 1907–1933; Department of Agriculture
00:24:16 3.7 National Park System areas by category following the reorganization of 1933
00:24:30 4 Growth, 1933–1966
00:27:05 4.1 Natural areas, 1933–1966
00:30:04 4.2 Historical areas, 1933–1966
00:35:48 4.3 Recreation areas, 1933–1966
00:38:45 4.4 National Parkways
00:43:04 4.5 Recreational demonstration areas
00:44:47 4.6 Reservoir-related Recreation Areas
00:47:50 4.7 National Seashores
00:49:41 5 The second 50 years; 1966–2016
00:50:24 5.1 Redwood amendment
00:52:41 5.2 National Lakeshores
00:53:22 5.3 National Heritage Area
00:54:04 5.4 Urban recreation areas
00:54:55 5.5 The Alaska expansion
00:56:22 5.6 Reagan years (1981–1989)
00:56:41 5.7 Bush years (1989–1993)
00:57:01 5.8 Clinton years (1993–2000)
00:57:21 5.9 Bush years (2001–2008)
00:57:47 5.10 Obama years (2009–2017)
00:58:25 6 See also
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Since 1872 the United States National Park System has grown from a single, public reservation called Yellowstone National Park to embrace over 450 natural, historical, recreational, and cultural areas throughout the United States, its territories, and island possessions. These areas include a diverse varieties of areas —National Parks, National Monuments, National Memorials, National Military Parks, National Historic Sites, National Parkways, National Recreation Areas, National Seashores, National Scenic Riverways, National Scenic Trails, and others.
Canadian and American politics compared | Wikipedia audio article
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00:05:47 1 Country comparison
00:06:02 2 History
00:06:11 2.1 Colonial wars
00:08:39 2.2 Mingling of peoples
00:11:21 2.3 American Revolutionary War
00:13:30 2.4 War of 1812
00:18:59 2.5 Conservative reaction
00:20:08 2.6 Civil War
00:21:32 2.7 Alabama claims
00:24:13 2.8 Dominion of Canada
00:26:05 2.9 Emigration to and from the United States of America
00:27:42 2.10 Alaska boundary
00:29:18 2.11 Reciprocal trade with U.S.
00:30:19 2.12 Canadian autonomy
00:33:45 2.13 World War II
00:35:51 2.13.1 Newfoundland
00:36:42 2.14 Cold War
00:38:04 2.15 Nixon Shock 1971
00:40:02 2.16 1990s
00:40:51 3 Anti-Americanism
00:45:58 4 Relations between political executives
00:46:33 4.1 W.L. Mackenzie King and Franklin D. Roosevelt (October 1935 – April 1945)
00:47:01 4.2 W.L. Mackenzie King and Harry S. Truman (April 1945 – November 1948)
00:47:14 4.3 Louis St. Laurent and Harry S. Truman (November 1948 – January 1953)
00:47:27 4.4 Louis St. Laurent and Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 1953 – June 1957)
00:47:40 4.5 John G. Diefenbaker and Dwight D. Eisenhower (June 1957 – January 1961)
00:47:53 4.6 John G. Diefenbaker and John F. Kennedy (January 1961 – April 1963)
00:48:35 4.7 Lester B. Pearson and John F. Kennedy (April–November 1963)
00:48:46 4.8 Lester B. Pearson and Lyndon B. Johnson (November 1963 – April 1968)
00:49:23 4.9 Pierre Trudeau and Lyndon B. Johnson (April 1968 – January 1969)
00:49:35 4.10 Pierre Trudeau and Richard Nixon (January 1969 – August 1974)
00:49:51 4.11 Pierre Trudeau and Gerald Ford (August 1974 – January 1977)
00:50:07 4.12 Pierre Trudeau and Jimmy Carter (January 1977 – June 1979)
00:50:23 4.13 Joe Clark and Jimmy Carter (June 1979 – March 1980)
00:50:38 4.14 Pierre Trudeau and Jimmy Carter (March 1980 – January 1981)
00:50:53 4.15 Pierre Trudeau and Ronald Reagan (January 1981 – June 1984)
00:51:08 4.16 John Turner and Ronald Reagan (June–September 1984)
00:51:21 4.17 Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan (September 1984 – January 1989)
00:52:04 4.18 Brian Mulroney and George H. W. Bush (January 1989 – January 1993)
00:52:17 4.19 Brian Mulroney and Bill Clinton (January–June 1993)
00:52:31 4.20 Kim Campbell and Bill Clinton (June–November 1993)
00:52:45 4.21 Jean Chrétien and Bill Clinton (November 1993 – January 2001)
00:54:00 4.22 Jean Chrétien and George W. Bush (January 2001 – December 2003)
00:54:52 4.23 Paul Martin and George W. Bush (December 2003 – February 2006)
00:55:04 4.24 Stephen Harper and George W. Bush (February 2006 – January 2009)
00:55:59 4.25 Stephen Harper and Barack Obama (January 2009 – November 2015)
00:57:23 4.25.1 Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) (2011)
00:59:34 4.26 Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama (November 2015 – January 2017)
01:02:24 4.27 Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump (January 2017–present)
01:04:17 5 Military and security
01:06:38 5.1 War in Afghanistan
01:08:51 5.2 2003 Invasion of Iraq
01:09:32 5.3 Responding to ISIS/Daesh
01:10:23 6 Trade
01:11:56 7 Environmental issues
01:15:28 7.1 Newfoundland fisheries dispute
01:17:24 8 Illicit drugs
01:18:48 9 Diplomacy
01:18:57 9.1 Views of presidents and prime ministers
01:25:24 9.2 Canadian public opinion on U.S. presidents
01:28:02 9.3 Territorial disputes
01:28:47 9.3.1 Arctic disputes
01:31:09 9.4 Common memberships
01:33:23 10 Diplomatic missions
01:33:33 10.1 Canadian missions in the United States
01:34:35 10.2 U.S. missions in Canada
01:35:25 11 See also
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Canada–United States relations refers to the bilateral relations between Canada and the United States of America. Relations between Canada and the United States of America historically have been extensive, given a shared bo ...
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The history of the United States began with the settlement of Indigenous people before 15,000 BC. Numerous cultures formed. The arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 started the European colonization of the Americas. Most colonies formed after 1600. By the 1770s, thirteen British colonies contained 2.5 million people along the Atlantic coast east of the Appalachian Mountains. After defeating France, the British government imposed a series of new taxes after 1765, rejecting the colonists' argument that new taxes needed their approval (see Stamp Act 1765). Tax resistance, especially the Boston Tea Party (1773), led to punitive laws by Parliament designed to end self-government in Massachusetts.
Armed conflict began in 1775. In 1776, the Second Continental Congress declared the independence of the colonies as the United States of America. Led by General George Washington, it won the Revolutionary War with large support from France. The peace treaty of 1783 gave the new nation the land east of the Mississippi River (except Canada and Florida). The Articles of Confederation established a central government, but it was ineffectual at providing stability, as it could not collect taxes and had no executive officer. A convention in 1787 wrote a new Constitution that was adopted in 1789. In 1791, a Bill of Rights was added to guarantee inalienable rights. With Washington as the first president and Alexander Hamilton his chief adviser, a strong central government was created. Purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 doubled the size of the United States. A second and final war with Britain was fought in 1812, which solidified national pride.
Encouraged by the notion of manifest destiny, U.S. territory expanded all the way to the Pacific coast. While the United States was large in terms of area, its population in 1790 was only 4 million. However, it grew rapidly, reaching 7.2 million in 1810, 32 million in 1860, 76 million in 1900, 132 million in 1940, and 321 million in 2015. Economic growth in terms of overall GDP was even greater. However compared to European powers, the nation's military strength was relatively limited in peacetime before 1940. The expansion was driven by a quest for inexpensive land for yeoman farmers and slave owners. The expansion of slavery was increasingly controversial and fueled political and constitutional battles, which were resolved by compromises. Slavery was abolished in all states north of the Mason–Dixon line by 1804, but the South continued to profit off of the institution, mostly from production of cotton. Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 on a platform of halting the expansion of slavery.
Seven Southern slave states rebelled and created the foundation of the Confederacy. Its attack of Fort Sumter against the Union forces started the Civil War (1861–1865). Confederate defeat led to the impoverishment of the South and the abolition of slavery. In the Reconstruction Era (1863–1877), legal and voting rights were extended to freed slaves. The national government emerged much stronger, and because of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, it gained the explicit duty to protect individual rights. However, when white Democrats regained their power in the South in 1877, often by paramilitary suppression of voting, they passed Jim Crow laws to maintain white supremacy, and new disfranchising constitutions that prevented most African Americans and many poor whites from voting. This continued until gains of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and passage of federal legislation to enforce constitutional rights were made.
The United States became the world's leading industrial power at the turn of the 20th century due to an outburst of entrepreneurship in the Northeast and Midwest and the arrival of millions of immigrant workers and farmers from Europe. The national railroad network was completed and large-sc ...
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Vermont is the 6th least extensive and the 2nd least populous of the 50 United States after Wyoming. It is the only New England state not bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Lake Champlain forms half of Vermont's western border, which it shares with the state of New York. The Green Mountains are within the state. Vermont is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east across the Connecticut River, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north.
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The Age of Innocence Audiobook by Edith Wharton | Audio book with subtitles
The Age of Innocence by Edith WHARTON.
Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with this 1920 novel about Old New York society. Newland Archer is wealthy, well-bred, and engaged to the beautiful May Welland. But he finds himself drawn to May's cousin Ellen Olenska, who has been living in Europe and who has returned following a scandalous separation from her husband. (Introduction by Elizabeth Klett)
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History of the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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History of the United States
00:06:53 1 Pre-Columbian Era
00:08:19 1.1 Native development prior to European contact
00:15:21 1.1.1 Major cultures
00:23:57 1.2 Native development in Hawaii
00:24:46 2 Colonial period
00:25:41 2.1 Spanish, Dutch, and French colonization
00:28:45 2.2 British colonization
00:32:58 3 18th century
00:34:00 3.1 Political integration and autonomy
00:37:39 4 American Revolution
00:40:57 5 Early years of the republic
00:41:06 5.1 Confederation and Constitution
00:43:00 5.2 President George Washington
00:45:47 5.3 Slavery
00:46:56 6 19th century
00:47:05 6.1 Jeffersonian Republican Era
00:48:11 6.2 War of 1812
00:50:44 6.3 Era of Good Feelings
00:52:38 6.4 Indian removal
00:53:41 6.5 Second Party System
00:56:42 6.6 Second Great Awakening
00:57:37 6.7 Abolitionism
00:58:26 6.8 Westward expansion and Manifest Destiny
01:02:30 6.9 Divisions between North and South
01:08:05 6.10 Civil War
01:15:12 6.11 Emancipation
01:16:28 6.12 Reconstruction Era
01:19:43 6.13 The West and the Gilded Age
01:25:14 7 20th century
01:25:23 7.1 Progressive Era
01:27:16 7.2 Imperialism
01:29:07 7.3 World War I
01:30:30 7.4 Women's suffrage
01:33:47 7.5 Roaring Twenties
01:35:24 7.6 Great Depression and New Deal
01:38:23 7.7 World War II
01:45:30 7.8 The Cold War, counterculture, and civil rights
01:49:31 7.8.1 Climax of liberalism
01:51:29 7.8.2 Civil Rights Movement
01:53:53 7.8.3 The Women's Movement
01:56:15 7.8.4 The Counterculture Revolution and Cold War Détente
01:59:25 7.9 Close of the 20th century
02:04:52 8 21st century
02:05:01 8.1 9/11 and the War on Terror
02:10:37 8.2 The Great Recession
02:12:35 8.3 Recent events
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The history of the United States began with the settlement of Indigenous people before 15,000 BC. Numerous cultures formed. The arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 started the European colonization of the Americas. Most colonies formed after 1600. By the 1770s, thirteen British colonies contained 2.5 million people along the Atlantic coast east of the Appalachian Mountains. After defeating France, the British government imposed a series of new taxes after 1765, rejecting the colonists' argument that new taxes needed their approval (see Stamp Act 1765). Tax resistance, especially the Boston Tea Party (1773), led to punitive laws by Parliament designed to end self-government in Massachusetts.
Armed conflict began in 1775. In 1776, the Second Continental Congress declared the independence of the colonies as the United States of America. Led by General George Washington, it won the Revolutionary War with large support from France. The peace treaty of 1783 gave the new nation the land east of the Mississippi River (except Canada and Florida). The Articles of Confederation established a central government, but it was ineffectual at providing stability, as it could not collect taxes and had no executive officer. A convention in 1787 wrote a new Constitution that was adopted in 1789. In 1791, a Bill of Rights was added to guarantee inalienable rights. With Washington as the first president and Alexander Hamilton his chief adviser, a strong central government was created. Purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 doubled the size of the United States. A second and final war with Britain was fought in 1812, which solidified national pride.
Encouraged by the notion of manifest destiny, U.S. territory expanded all the way to the Pacific coast. While the United States was large in terms of area, its population in 1790 was only 4 million. However, it grew rapidly, reaching 7.2 million in 1810, 32 million in 1860, 76 million in 1900, 132 million in 1940, and 321 million in 2015. Economic growth in terms of overall GDP was even greater. However compared to European powers, the nation's military strength was relatively limited in peacetime before 1940. The expansion was driven by a quest for inexpensive land for yeoman farmers and slave owners. The ...