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Great Epochs in American History, Volume II

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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

Introduction

8:23

Read by BettyB

The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) I: The a…

17:09

Read by Jddykst

The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) II: Mend…

19:04

Read by Jddykst

Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies (1584-1587) I: The account by John A. Do…

12:05

Read by Marcia Eppich-Harris

Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies II: The return of the colonists with Si…

9:22

Read by Marcia Eppich-Harris

Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies III: The birth of Virginia Dare (1587) b…

4:18

Read by Bill Mosley

Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) I: By Gabriel Archer, one of…

14:00

Read by skgm1010

Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) II: Gosnold's own account

4:58

Read by Bill Mosley

The founding of Jamestown (1607) by Captain John Smith

27:03

Read by Bill Mosley

The first American legislative assembly (1619) by John Twine, its secretary

12:48

Read by Michele Fry

The origin of negro slavery in America I: In the West Indies (1518) by Sir Arth…

8:37

Read by Larry Wilson

The origin of negro slavery in America II: Its beginnings in the United States …

5:27

Read by Larry Wilson

New England before the pilgrim fathers landed (1614) by captain John Smith

17:55

Read by Bill Mosley

The first voyage of the "Mayflower" (1620) by governor William Bradford

23:48

Read by Larry Wilson

The first New York settlements (1623-1628) by Nicholas Jean de Wassenaer

8:49

Read by Rita Boutros

The Swedes and Dutch in New Jersey and Delaware (1627) by Israel Acrelius

15:22

Read by Rita Boutros

The beginnings of the Massachusetts Bay colony (1627-1631) by governor Thomas D…

9:22

Read by realisticspeakers

How the Bay colony differed from Plymouth by John G. Palfrey

10:03

Read by H. Anne Schwarz

Lord Baltimore in Maryland (1633) by contemporary writers

8:43

Read by MFD32

Roger Williams in Rhode Island (1636) by Nathaniel Morton

7:58

Read by Bill Mosley

The founding of Connecticut (1633-1636) by Alexander Johnston

16:31

Read by Kyle Donelan

Witchcraft in New England (1647-1696) by John G. Palfrey

13:57

Read by Larry Wilson

The English conquest of New York (1664) by John R. Brodhead

18:11

Read by H. Anne Schwarz

Bacon's rebellion in Virginia (1676) by an anonymous writer

14:52

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

King Philip's war (1676) by William Hubbard

12:46

Read by realisticspeakers

The founding of Pennsylvania I: Penn's account of the colony (1684)

8:35

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

The founding of Pennsylvania II: Penn's treaty with the Indians (1683), his own…

4:05

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

The founding of Pennsylvania III: The reality of Penn's treaty (1682), by Georg…

6:15

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

The Charter Oak affair in Connecticut (1682) by Alexander Johnston

8:28

Read by Larry Wilson

The colonization of Louisiana (1699) by Charles E.T. Gayarre

14:54

Read by Michele Fry

Oglethorpe in Georgia (1733) by Joel Chandler Harris

8:28

Read by KevinS