History of North America
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Sweeping historical saga of the United States (USA), Canada and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch. Join host Mark Vinet on this exciting and fascinating journey through time, exploring and focusing on the interesting, compelling, wonderful and tragic stories of the North American continent, its inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders, environment and geography.

190. Historical Revisionism

The term historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account that usually involves challenging the established, accepted or traditi...
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189. Pocahontas

In 1608, Pocahontas (1596–1617) befriended the daring English explorer and adventurer John Smith (1580–1631) and later converted to Christianity. She ...
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188. John Smith

Captain John Smith (1580–1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in...
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187. Anglo-Powhatan Wars

Discovery that Virginia was the perfect environment to cultivate tobacco led to Jamestown's success… and to a great deal of conflict between the Engli...
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186. Indentured Servants

Indentures are agreements between two parties about long-term work. The length of servitude might be a specified number of years or until the servant ...
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185. Starving Time 1609-10

The original Jamestown colonists had never intended to grow all of their own food. Their plans depended upon trade with the local natives to supply th...
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