Great Epochs in American History, Volume II


This is the second volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in them, or were personal eye-witnesses of them. Volume II describes first colonies in America and covers time period from 1562 to 1733. - Summary by Kikisaulite (6 hr 12 min)

Chapters

00 - Introduction 8:22
01 - The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) I: … 17:08
02 - The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) II:… 19:03
03 - Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies (1584-1587) I: The account by John … 12:05
04 - Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies II: The return of the colonists wit… 9:22
05 - Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies III: The birth of Virginia Dare (15… 4:18
06 - Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) I: By Gabriel Archer, o… 14:00
07 - Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) II: Gosnold's own accou… 4:58
08 - The founding of Jamestown (1607) by Captain John Smith 27:02
09 - The first American legislative assembly (1619) by John Twine, its secretary 12:47
10 - The origin of negro slavery in America I: In the West Indies (1518) by Sir… 8:37
11 - The origin of negro slavery in America II: Its beginnings in the United St… 5:27
12 - New England before the pilgrim fathers landed (1614) by captain John Smith 17:55
13 - The first voyage of the "Mayflower" (1620) by governor William Bradford 23:48
14 - The first New York settlements (1623-1628) by Nicholas Jean de Wassenaer 8:49
15 - The Swedes and Dutch in New Jersey and Delaware (1627) by Israel Acrelius 15:21
16 - The beginnings of the Massachusetts Bay colony (1627-1631) by governor Tho… 9:22
17 - How the Bay colony differed from Plymouth by John G. Palfrey 10:03
18 - Lord Baltimore in Maryland (1633) by contemporary writers 8:43
19 - Roger Williams in Rhode Island (1636) by Nathaniel Morton 7:58
20 - The founding of Connecticut (1633-1636) by Alexander Johnston 16:31
21 - Witchcraft in New England (1647-1696) by John G. Palfrey 13:57
22 - The English conquest of New York (1664) by John R. Brodhead 18:11
23 - Bacon's rebellion in Virginia (1676) by an anonymous writer 14:52
24 - King Philip's war (1676) by William Hubbard 12:46
25 - The founding of Pennsylvania I: Penn's account of the colony (1684) 8:35
26 - The founding of Pennsylvania II: Penn's treaty with the Indians (1683), hi… 4:05
27 - The founding of Pennsylvania III: The reality of Penn's treaty (1682), by … 6:15
28 - The Charter Oak affair in Connecticut (1682) by Alexander Johnston 8:28
29 - The colonization of Louisiana (1699) by Charles E.T. Gayarre 14:54
30 - Oglethorpe in Georgia (1733) by Joel Chandler Harris 8:27