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AHR transports the listener back in time to significant moments in the early history of our great nation - the epic history of “Lost Colony,” Jamestown, the Pilgrims, and the Pequot War. Our country. Our history. These are the stories that have made us who we are.

Richard Ives


    • Dec 5, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES
    • 2 SEASONS


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    9. King Philip and His War

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 21:13


    Over the course of two decades the English settlers of New England came to believe that the Pequot War marked the end of Native American resistance to English rule in the region. They could have been more mistaken in that view, and for that reason they were totally unprepared for the revolt inspired by the charismatic Indian chieftain known as "King Philip," whose war against the whites (1675-1676) is considered by historians to have been the most successful Native American rebellion in the history of the continent.

    8. Satan and His Servants

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 25:30


    Join us as well walk through one of the darkest and bloodiest moments in early American history: The Salem Witch Trials. We examen those that stoked the fire, and the ones that burned - and the legacy they left in their wake. 

    7. Of Beasts and Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 19:51


    In this episode, we discuss the beginning of the English Civil War, an onslaught of bloodshed started by the unruly King Charles. Tune in as we explore the beginning of this conflict, the figures involved and discover just what was at stake for them all. 

    6. Light and Darkness

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 22:54


    In this follow-up the the last episode, Anne Hutchinson and her family leave Boston for New Amsterdam with the permission of the Dutch. After believing they had found sanctuary, the family is met with a gruesome and untimely fate. We also take a look at Anne's past as a midwife, and how her attempt to save the reputation of Jane Hawkins ultimately attributed to her downfall. 

    5. The Martyr

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 24:30


    In this episode, we examen the persecution of religious freethinker Anne Hutchinson and her subsequent exile. Accused by Minister John Winthrop of two crimes: being adverse to the standard teachings of the religious community she inhabited, and for being a woman that didn't know her place, she faced a slanderous trail that held her future, and the future of her family, in the balance. 

    4. The Pequot War - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2022 24:42


    In this second installment of the two-part tale of The Pequot War, we see the aftermath of the brutal attack and murder of John Oldham and his crew. As outrage ripped through the New England colonies, Massachusetts officials called upon a once exiled Minister Roger Williams for help in a surprise twist. Meanwhile, violence ensued between the Pequots and the settlers in what became one of bloodiest chapters of early American history.

    3. The Pequot War

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 13:45


    In this epsiode, we discuss the beginnings of The Pequot War, a violent series of battles that cost both settlers and natives alike countless lives. We begin with the attack of trader John Stone and his men by Pequot chief Sassaucs and his fellow tribesmen, and the violence that ensued for years to come. 

    2. Mistress Hutchinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 30:27


    In this episode of AHR, we discuss the role of Mistress Anne Hutchinson, now regarded by many as one of the most influential female figures in early American History. Defiant of the enforced spiritual laws of New England, she becomes an object of fixation for Govenor of Massachusetts John Winthrop. As her following builds, he begins his campaign to defame and smear her name as a spiritual leader. Meanwhile, Roger Williams continues to fight the powers that be in Boston

    1. The Prophet Outcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 27:15


    Season two premier. After his banishment from Plymouth Colony, Roger Williams and his family are taken in by the Salem Colony with open arms. Little did they expect that Williams' incindiary views of worship, and disallegance to the crown, would cause uproar within this small New England community, and with the high council of Boston. Listen in the follow his adventures through banishment, persecultion and ultimately, adoption by an unlikely ally.

    10. The Remarkable Mr. Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 28:58


    Roger Williams was one of the most brilliant, mysterious, complicated, and in the end admirable human beings in the history of our great nation. That having been said, he was a walking, talking bundle of contradictions - a fanatic who ultimately became one of our great humanitarians, a devout Christian who in time opened his mind and heart to other ethnicities and faiths, a man who was instrumental in creating a world - one of modest size, to be sure - the guiding principles of which were, very simply, decency and civility. In his life he set a standard which has inspired thoughtful, decent Americans ever since.

    9. A Season of Misery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 31:01


    The Winthrop fleet sails from England with high hopes, but a prolonged voyage, poor diet, crowded conditions, disease, and a miserable winter after its arrival in Massachusetts, end in bitter disappointment and tragedy.

    8. John Winthrop and the Creation of Boston

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 23:59


    After years of religious persecution, a group of English Puritans decides that life in the country of their birth has become unbearable. Lawyer John Winthrop becomes not only the nominal leader of the group but one of its spiritual leaders, and members of the group plan their departure for the New World

    7. Winter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 26:13


    In this episode, we talk about the earliest English settlements in our country - Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth - and how the fascinating histories of all three contributed to what you might call the epic story of the creation of our country. We also touch on the fact that in the end none of those places ever developed into a vibrant political, commercial, and cultural center.

    6. Plymouth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 30:08


    During the voyage of the Mayflower to America a crack in one of the ship's beams almost produces a catastrophe. Having landed on Cape Cod, the passengers encounter Native Americans for the first time. After much searching the settlers discover the site of their proposed settlement, to which they give the name "Plymouth."

    5. Exiles

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2019 25:06


    The members of the Scrooby congregation in England - the original “Pilgrims” - plan to flee the country because of religious persecution. They attempt to leave England illegally, but are foiled on two occasions. At last, they reach Holland, a place of refuge, where they will remain for 13 years, before sailing on the Mayflower for America.

    4. Disaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2019 19:09


    After the departure of Cap. John Smith, the "starving time" begins. Surrounded by hostile tribesmen, the settlers are compelled eat their dogs, cats, and rats. At last, driven to extremity, they resort to cannibalism. By the end of winter, 1610, only 60 settlers (out of 214) remain alive.

    3. Jamestown

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2019 21:01


    This episode tells the story of the founding of Jamestown Colony - the conflict with the Native Americans, the struggle of the colonists to survive, and John Smith’s adventure with the Indian princess Pocahontas (which may or may not have occurred) - all of which set the stage for disaster to come.

    2. Lost Colony

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 30:11


    The second attempt to establish a colony at Roanoke, how within months after the arrival of the settlers poor planning made it necessary to dispatch a relief ship to England for supplies. Although the supply ship was supposed to return the following spring, the Spanish Armada and England’s war with Spain delayed its return for three years, by which time the Roanoke settlers had vanished without a trace.

    1. New World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 21:08


    The premier episode of American History Revealed deals with the first attempt to create an English settlement in what one day would become the United States of America. Shipwreck and conflict with the local Native American tribes doomed the endeavor almost from the start. Eventually, nearly all the settlers opted to return to England, and the first effort to create an English colony in North America failed.

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