America’s first Civil War wasn’t in 1861, nor was it in 1775. The war between Charles I and Parliament changed the colonies forever, and the Commonwealth period under Oliver Cromwell saw the rise of the First British Empire.
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more Transcript So, last episode ended with a race. The signers of the Remonstrance of 1646 rushing to get their petition to England to put it in front of Parliament, and the General Court racing to stop them. At stake was the autonomy of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, whether Parliament Read more about ECW 11: The Remonstrance of 1646, pt. 2[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more Transcript It is perhaps ironic that the Parliament that New England had done so much to support, soon after it started to win the war, threatened to interfere in the region in an unprecedented and, at least for Boston leadership, alarming way. Introduction To start today’s episode, I thought Read more about ECW 10: Reform, autonomy and the Remonstrance of 1646[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more Transcript Episode 9: Polarization, moderation, and the end of the first Civil War Today’s episode revolves around a tale of two colonies, Bermuda and Barbados. Two colonies with divided sympathies, and two colonies which distinguished themselves over the course of the first English Civil War. Bermuda, because it Read more about ECW 9: Polarization, moderation, and the end of the first Civil War[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more Transcript Welcome back, everyone, and thank you, yet again, for your patience! Introduction First, let me apologize for yet another massive delay between episodes. I’ve been working to transition into being a teacher, and then, I actually took a long term substitute teaching job, to get some Read more about English Civil War 8: Long Awaited Return[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more A huge amount of the information in this episode comes from Timothy Riordan’s book, The Plundering Time. So little survives from the event that virtually nothing was known before Riordan made his extensive and detailed survey & analysis of existing data and testimony. In addition, it was well written, Read more about English Civil War 7: The Plundering Time[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more How did things ever get so far? Royalists, and indeed Presbyterians, in every colony were probably asking themselves that in 1644, but nowhere moreso in Bermuda, Virginia and Maryland. In slightly different ways, but at the same time, those royalist-dominated colonies became the first in the Americas to really Read more about English Civil War 6: War comes to America[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more In 1644, Independents in England started to gain the upper hand at the Westminster Assembly. And in New England, tensions between deputies and magistrates, presbyterians and independents, rose, ultimately causing the region’s most intense political battle since the Antinomian Controversy. Intro In England, by 1644, the war Read more about English Civil War 5: The Hingham Militia Case[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more Welcome back, everyone. Before we get started, I actually have an announcement to make. I have always regretted the title of this podcast, for a number of reasons. After going back and forth, not knowing what to do about it, I’ve officially decided to change the name. As for Read more about English Civil War 4: The worst and most dangerous times (and sugar)[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more Welcome back, everyone. So, last week, we discussed how the English Civil War finally broke out. And, this week, we’ll look at some debates which emerged among Puritans in the following year. Debates which, essentially, boiled down to the fundamental question of how far the revolution should go. Read more about English Civil War 3: Aristocracy vs. Democracy[…]
Listen on: iTunesSubscribe on Android, Stitcher and more Transcript The English Civil War officially started in 1642, and the road to war was a terrifying and chaotic time of political intrigue, mob violence and widespread paranoia. Introduction If you’ve been following this series from the beginning, you have a vague idea of the events of Read more about English Civil War 2: An overview of the war[…]