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Hosted by Jacob Edwards-King · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 140 episodes
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With American Political History I'm committed to bringing you bite-sized, digestible episodes that make history approachable for everyone, not just the history buffs. My goal is to engage you, to make you feel connected with the past, and to understand how it shapes our present and future. So, sit back, or better yet, take a walk or a drive, and let's journey through history together, one bite, at a time."
Jacob Edwards-King hosts American Political History, a history show with 140 episodes published.
In September 1786, a Newport butcher named John Weeden refused to take paper money for a joint of meat, and demanded silver. Under Rhode Island law, that was a crime — punishable by a fine, the loss of his vote, and a tr
In 1786 the Congress of the United States asked the thirteen states for 3.8 million dollars to pay the debts of the Revolution. It collected 663 dollars. This is the story of the broken money machine underneath everythin
He was the richest man in America, and for most of the Revolution he was also its treasury. When the United States had no money and no credit, it borrowed on the name of Robert Morris — a Philadelphia merchant who put hi
In the spring of 1783, with the Revolution all but won, the most dangerous enemy of the United States was its own army. Unpaid for years, cheated of their promised pensions, the officers camped at Newburgh, New York, had
The Royal Navy controls the Atlantic. In November 1793. Whitehall issues orders, any neutral ship trading with France can be seized, cargo confiscated, and the ship taken as a prize. The crews can also be impressed into
President Washington is not just sending an army, he's personally leading it.
Does the federal government have the authority to use military force against its own citizens? Or can states, or counties, ignore federal taxes they believe are unconstitutional? What happens when citizens believe a law
Short, Simple, Duty. President Washing accepts his second term.
The French revolution breaks out, then France declares war on England. America is unprepared for war.
We cover the battles to secure the Ohio territory ceded to America in the Treaty of Paris.
We detail the emergence of political parties from Washington's own cabinet.
Secretary Hamilton moves to create the Bank of the United States, in pushing so hard, the national divide over the issue marks the creation of political parties in America.
America still is buried by the accumulation of debt from the revolutionary war. Secretary of Treasury Hamilton has a plan.
We cover the story of the ratification of the Bill of Rights
We cover the creation of the court system and the earliest history of the Supreme Court.
President Washington selects his cabinet and sets the precedent on how cabinet meetings work.
This wasn't really an election... not in the way we think of elections today. This was more like... a coronation by consensus.
We move to Virginia, whose ratification will complete the supermajority required for ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America.
We turn to the debates in the Massachusetts ratification convention.
The first major convention starts in Philadelphia with mobs forcing a vote for the date. Everyone knows, so goes Pennsylvania so goes the small states around them.
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American Political History is hosted by Jacob Edwards-King. The show is categorised under history (government) and has published 140 episodes.
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