Determine whether Colonial Virginian’s had a multiple level system of courts. Find out what constituted felony offenses within the Virginia Colony and whether Witchcraft was one of them. Go behind the scenes and determine how Virginia Colony’s Governor’s got appointed. Explore what legal steps got taken if evidence was strong against someone accused of engaging in witchcraft. Get an in depth analysis behind multiple Witchcraft Laws that English Parliament enacted during the years of 1542, 1563, & 1604. Learn what was so dramatic come the year 1736 involving witchcraft? Get introduced to George Webb including what he published in the year of 1736. Discover just how far back Benefit of the Clergy dates. Understand importance behind Psalm 51 including its significance following one’s having committed a sin. Determine exactly who benefited from Benefit of the Clergy in Virginia Colony prior to 1732. Learn the story behind an enslaved woman in the Virginia Colony named Mary Aggie including how she led the fight in expanding Benefit of the Clergy beyond its existing status.

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Agree if it’s fair to say that the practice behind creating a human image is much older than believing in Satanic Witchcraft. Learn what purposes poppets symbolized including Colonial Virginian’s takes on them. Explore what specific actions could’ve been taken against a poppet figure. Get an understanding behind what witchcraft transformation is all about. Receive a brief introduction to Grace Sherwood including what she got accused of performing come year 1698. Agree if Grace Sherwood’s name will come up again in other upcoming episodes. Determine whether the terms swimming and ducking are intertwined with one another. Go behind the scenes and learn how accused witches’ innocence and guilt were determined. Understand what purpose a ducking stool served including its use involving witchcraft. Learn how Horseshoes in Colonial Times were widely used for thwarting off evil spirits. Get introduced to amulets including their existence within Virginia Colony amongst English Settlers and Indians. Understand what saws refer to when dealing exactly with witchcraft. Explore how items from Witch Bottles, Witch Boxes, and Shoes went about deterring away evil spirits.

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Discover what truly defines the most common interpretation behind full meaning of being a witch. Determine exactly how people tend to associate witches with certain well known familiar images. Learn just how old “witchcraft” itself is. Explore the notion into witchcraft being connected to societies that believed in both black and white magic. Figure out exactly what constituted a devil’s mark. Learn if pricking someone could be used as an effective tool behind determining whether they really were a witch. Determine if the Virginia Court’s went about ordering examinations for devil’s or witch’s marks. Get an in depth analysis into the role familiar refers to in dealing with witchcraft. Agree if it’s fair to say that most people in the Virginia Colony firmly believed witches could fly. Learn how flight or flying got widely mentioned during Salem, Massachusetts, Witch Trials. Discover how many people believed that witches were to have gone as far as riding horses including other farm animals for flight. Learn how it was possible for those to believe that a witch required ointments in order to fly. Get an in depth analysis behind one custom which never made it to the Virginia Colony, but yet holds true relevancy. Discover the utmost commonly held belief which many colonial Virginian’s held regarding weather and its connection with witchcraft. Learn how one woman met a tragic fate in the year 1654 involving witchcraft while onboard a ship en route to Virginia. Get a basic understanding behind weather witching or weather magic and if it existed in the Virginia Colony.

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Get an in depth analysis behind what comes to our mind when learning about the year 1607. Learn how objectives on paper look great, but yet lose their luster when an endless list of bad karma began to play out for 104 English Colonists. Determine if it’s fair to say that there were different groups of people based upon societal class ranks who came over to the New World in 1607. Get introduced to Captain John Smith and how his leadership brought order amongst people of different classes, but yet fell apart after his leaving the Virginia Colony. Discover just how bad the Virginia Colony’s situation had become during the winter of 1609-1610 including what many settlers resorted to doing which could be characterized as unimaginable, but yet tragically happened. Go behind the scenes and get acquainted with Sir Thomas Dale including his leadership skills during period from 1611-1619. Learn about a monumental moment in the Virginia Colony which occurred on July 30,1619. Discover the surprise in store for our next Podcast Book Topic Series Discussion including whether it’s about Jamestown Settlement or something else considered prevalent throughout Britain’s 13 North American Colonies during colonial times.

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Discover just how big New York City was when Samuel Fraunces first arrived there during the early 1750’s. Determine exactly how many tavern licenses got issued in the year 1756 and whether Mr. Samuel Fraunces was a recipient to one of them. Learn if 1762 was considered to be a successful year for Samuel Fraunces in terms of operating a tavern establishment. Go behind the scenes and learn how Fraunces Tavern stacked up from a logistical perspective involving people inside the establishment. Learn which other primary main purpose did Samuel Fraunces’ Tavern get used for besides entertainment. Go behind the scenes and explore how Samuel Fraunces went about meeting General George Washington including his uncovering something very sinister. Get an understanding of who the Lifeguards were and why they came under suspicion come year 1776. Learn whether Fraunces departed safely from New York prior to British General William Howe’s Troop Forces occupying the city. Determine whether or not Samuel Fraunces faced financial hardships by the time the Revolutionary War ended. Understand importance behind the role which Fraunces Tavern played come year 1783 when Revolutionary War ended. Go behind the scenes and explore how Samuel Fraunces benefited from George Washington becoming America’s first president. Get an in depth analysis into Fraunces Tavern from a modern day standpoint.

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Discover exactly why dancing itself at one time got forbidden in early New England. Find out what the Connecticut Colony enacted law wise come year 1686 involving taverns. Go behind the scenes and discover how attitudes towards dancing gradually changed after the start of the 18th Century. Get introduced to well known Colonial Dances like Minuet and Cotillion. Learn if multiple types of dances were held in taverns. Discover how a prominent Virginian was known for his dancing skills when it came to doing the minuet. Explore various reasons behind why colonial laws governing taverns prohibited game playing. Learn how the Pennsylvania Colony enacted a law in 1682 focused on punishing card playing. Get acquainted with popular Tabletop and Board Games played in Colonial Taverns including games described as being skilled and physical. Discover which sport drew lots of attention most notably in rural taverns including the role of smoking. Get an in depth analysis report about the first well known fraternal organization in Colonial America. Learn how lodges aka taverns served as both vital social and business hubs. Agree if it’s fair to say that clubs got founded for different reasons in Colonial America. Determine if taverns had become natural settings for gatherings of political factions. Discover whether or not many of the major events which saw Britain’s subjects, the 13 Colonies, go about coordinating protests in taverns between 1760’s-1770’s.

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Determine what would’ve been some well known common forms of 18th Century Colonial American Tavern Entertainment? Discover how one could best define what entertainment’s meaning meant during the 17th & 18th Centuries. Agree if it’s fair to say that tavern business owners in urban centers competed amongst one another for customers. Figure out whether dinners in most urban taverns followed English customs. Go behind the scenes and learn everything possible about multiple types of spaces in colonial taverns. Learn how the level of privacy a guest obtained depended heavily on their societal status. Understand exactly why 18th Century entertainment took place in a tavern versus someone’s personal home. Discover if the key difference between urban & rural taverns lied in the variety, quality, including fanciness of food presentation. Get an understanding behind why drinking was the most popular of all tavern activity practices during the 18th Century. Learn what was considered to be the most widely popular distilled liquor in Britain’s 13 North American Colonies as well as which beverage got regularly served at every tavern event. Learn the significance behind Sugar in Colonial American times. Agree if sleeping arrangements in taverns varied over time as well as from place to place. Discover in colonial times how it wasn’t uncommon for multiple people to sleep in the same bed.

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Agree if it’s fair to assume that licensing procedures for tavern keepers varied from one colony to another based upon region. Get an in depth analysis into understanding how tavern licensure came about based upon three primary factors. Discover if the licensing system suffered any abuses involving taverns both licensed and unlicensed. Learn what 18th Century American Tavern Keepers did to go about supplementing their income. Go behind the scenes and learn how tavern keepers got paid during the 18th Century. Learn exactly why the barter system became so strong in Colonial America including how Urban & Rural Taverns benefited from the practice. Understand what the term “bad debts” is in reference to. Learn exactly which two groups did tavern keepers regularly draw their customers from. Explore into greater depth behind why so many tavern keepers were reluctant to lend sailors sums of money including survey findings done by Virginia & Maryland State Legislatures. Determine what could’ve been the best way to describe 18th Century Colonial Roadways. Agree if it’s fair to say that taverns themselves also served as early forms of post offices.

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Would it be fair to say that 18th Century American Laws required tavern keepers to display good qualities. Get acquainted with Elijah Williams, tavern keeper from Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the different posts he held within his community. Agree if business opportunities for women in colonial times were limited. Discover if many women residing in urban areas tried their hands at tavern keeping. Get introduced to female tavern keepers in Christiana Campbell of Williamsburg, Virginia, and Ann Cross of Charleston, South Carolina. Determine whether women mainly became tavern keepers due to the fact there were limited choice options available. Understand what the term “public charge” exactly means. Go behind the scenes and explore how widowed women sought out tavern licenses for the first time before the judicial system. Agree if it’s fair to say that some women tavern owners ran facilities where behavioral standards of the time got violated. Learn how tavern keeping got to be considered a short lived practice for female business owners. Discover exactly just how many women held tavern licenses in Philadelphia between the 1760’s-1770’s. Get an in depth analysis behind the greater logistics into running an urban tavern which included more than just one’s immediate family. Explore the successes of two former enslaved men in Cato Alexander and Thomas Downing whom ran their own dining establishments.

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Decide if it’s fair to say come Mid 18th Century that the number of taverns in urban dwellings had greatly skyrocketed. Discover whether tavern keeping in America’s urban cities was considered a middling occupation. Determine if urban city tavern keepers were actual owners of the facilities they operated. Get introduced to John Inskeep which includes both early and later years of his life. Go behind the scenes and discover how living in a large city like Philadelphia resulted in the economic status of tavern business owners varying. Find out whether small size taverns were located along the docks of well known American Port Cities. Get introduced to beverage called “grog” including its origins. Learn if there were many grog shops which operated without a license in 18th Century America. Get an in depth analysis behind two forms of the early American Tavern which closely resembled English Institutions along with being found only in urban settings. Learn what exactly is a Tontine. Figure out why taverns began to gradually lose their control come start of 1740’s. Get introduced to Boarding Houses along with finding out whether women were frequent owners of them. Agree whether Boarding Houses did cater to a large variety of residents. Learn when the first stagecoach service came into play during Colonial American Times. Confirm if Pre Revolutionary War Era saw mixture of hurdles and triumphs involving stagecoach services. Discover some unique aspects behind taverns when it came to stagecoach travel. Get to know the importance behind “stage stops”.

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