A Practical Guide to American History

Now what?: 1784-1800

This one is on the longer side... but that's because this is possibly the one period in our history that people need to know the most: the formation of the United States of America that we live in today. Feat. Founding Fathers, merchants, carpenters, Quakers, an international scandal, and the birth of party politics in America. Further reading 📚: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e9itKacIiCfEuu7fnpOwFhRYDEQMqpRKk9BoMxRt5eE/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e9itKacIiCfEuu7fnpOwFhRYDEQMqpRKk9BoMxRt5eE/edit?usp=sharing] Eras playlist 🎧: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/471rYzdZMCG9hqSE1yeeb9?si=scOtF1rGTE2Pg8COjaeF1w [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/471rYzdZMCG9hqSE1yeeb9?si=scOtF1rGTE2Pg8COjaeF1w] Notes available on Substack 📨: https://americanascrapbook.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web [https://americanascrapbook.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web] Buy Me a Coffee ☕️?: buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory [http://buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory]

American Revolution: 1764-1863

What were the conditions to make people say, "enough's enough"? What examples did they look to? And how did they pull off what should have been impossible? Feat. marriage certificates, 13th-century barons, tar-and-feathering, state militias, and the birth of American espionage. Further reading 📚: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18vlI3M__K5E-ogxEnenuPUQmIxQrUvfS3qNsaIUjg_E/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18vlI3M__K5E-ogxEnenuPUQmIxQrUvfS3qNsaIUjg_E/edit?usp=sharing] Era playlist 🎧: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MfeLgaVYcVxxB2doorR9g?si=v6zWf2hoTq-HTQSdzcPYgg [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MfeLgaVYcVxxB2doorR9g?si=v6zWf2hoTq-HTQSdzcPYgg] Substack 📨: https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/ [https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/] The podcast will always be free, but if you enjoyed it, maybe you'd like to buy me a coffee ☕️?: buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory [http://buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory]

Finding Our Balance: 1693-1763

How does the culture of a society develop? What factors in the 18th century convened to create more egalitarian conditions? How did people work and live? What was America's evolving relationship to the wider world? Feat. fraternal organizations, taverns, coffeehouses, accusations of libel, the origins of Yankee Doodle, the minuet, evangelicals, Daniel Boone, and French raiding parties. Further reading 📚: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJ22LV0dRfxz1NSWNmJznBpIMvoiuiizWqOqoDE49Eg/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJ22LV0dRfxz1NSWNmJznBpIMvoiuiizWqOqoDE49Eg/edit?usp=sharing] Era playlist 🎧: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ZmdQSewXQUmI842flmd7U [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ZmdQSewXQUmI842flmd7U] Substack 📨: https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/ [https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/] All these episodes will always be free... but if you enjoyed it, maybe you'd want to take the time to Buy Me a Coffee ☕️?: buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory [http://buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory]

Laying the Foundations: 1492-1692

European beginnings in the Americas-- as well as my own beginnings in long-form recording! 😅 What actually were Spanish attitudes towards their American endeavors? What was the business model for colonization, and how did it change over time? And what did each of the different English colonies contribute to our current idea of America? Feat. explorers, Italian bankers, chocolate plantations, second sons, vagrants, King Henry VIII, religious extremists, and the Devil! Further reading 📚: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12i8wkNdh95KLYxcDDVeawNB-oiKWFl17Wuo13GWnAwQ/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12i8wkNdh95KLYxcDDVeawNB-oiKWFl17Wuo13GWnAwQ/edit?usp=sharing] Era playlist 🎧: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hH6yTdTZM1UMnvDbvYidk [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hH6yTdTZM1UMnvDbvYidk] Substack 📨: https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/ [https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/] All these episodes will always be free... but if you enjoyed it, maybe you'd want to take the time to Buy Me a Coffee ☕️?: buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory [http://buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory]

How to Use This Guide

Some things to know before we begin.