Historical Context

Today's episode dives into the infancy of the Connecticut colony and the start of the Pequot War.  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/ Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

While the Massachusetts Bay colony was growing, tensions were rising and it is was not all related to the Dutch and natives.  In this week's episode, the Puritans address a major problem with the Plymouth Pilgrims.  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/ Henry Vane picture courtesy of: By Peter Lely - http://www.hutton-in-the-forest.co.uk/family/vane_family.html (page does not contain attribution to Lely -- image was published in black and white here, with attribution to Lely]), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13533921 Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

John Winthrop faces discontent among the many towns of the Massachusetts Bay colony.  Will he be able to smooth things over and retain his title? Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/ Read “A History of New England”: https://archive.org/details/historyofnewengl01wint/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater More on John Winthrop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Winthrop John Winthrop photo courtesy of: By Unknown author; when donated to the AAS, it was thought to be by a follower of Anthony van Dyck; Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (1889, v.6, facing p. 572) attributes it to van Dyck. - http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Inventories/Portraits/153.htm , additional provenance from the American Antiquarian Society: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Inventories/Portraits/bios/153.pdf, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12601199 More on Thomas Dudley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dudley Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In today's episode, we talk about the rapid start and growth of the Massachusetts Bay colony, along with some of the early issues faced by new governor John Winthrop.  

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More on Matthew Cradock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Cradock 

More on John Endecott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Endecott 

Read “A History of New England”: https://archive.org/details/historyofnewengl01wint/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater More on John Winthrop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Winthrop Marblehead Map By Rcsprinter123 - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56492461 

John Winthrop photo courtesy of: By Unknown author; when donated to the AAS, it was thought to be by a follower of Anthony van Dyck; Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (1889, v.6, facing p. 572) attributes it to van Dyck. - http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Inventories/Portraits/153.htm , additional provenance from the American Antiquarian Society: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Inventories/Portraits/bios/153.pdf, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12601199 

MA Bay Map courtesy of: http://gerard-tondu.blogspot.com/search/label/1630%20-%20Puritans%20settle%20down%20in%20Boston Read Higginson’s Writing on Marblehead: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A03330.0001.001/1:3?rgn=div1;view=fulltext Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week we return to Plymouth to start a new series on the growth and fracturing of New England.  Today's episode discusses the downfall of two Mayflower passengers more than a decade after their journey to Plymouth.

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More on Edward Winslow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Winslow

More on William Bradford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_(governor)

Read “Of Plimouth Plantation”: https://www.amazon.com/Plymouth-Plantation-Modern-English/dp/1720937567/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Of+Plimouth+Plantation&qid=1623594189&sr=8-3

More on Roger Williams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams#Arrival_in_Boston

Read the Revoking of the Council of New England charter: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/mass04.asp

Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, we revisit New Netherland and see that the colony is growing towards New England, creating tension with the English colonists.  Also, Sweden colonizes the area with a familiar face in charge.  

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Sir John Harvey is back as the governor of Virginia and the colony deals with the after effects of Maryland's forceful seizure of Kent Island.  

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/ Read the Early Relations Between Maryland and Virginia by John Latane: https://www.thearkandthedove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/The-Early-Relations-Between-Maryland-and-Virginia.pdf More on Leonard Calvert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Calvert Leonard Calvert image By Florence Mackubin (1857–1918) - Maryland Archives Online http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000100/000198/html/msa00198.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33660225 More on Sir John Harvey: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_(Virginia_governor) Read Virginia in 1637, Part 1: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242421.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A55ff703dfef635568a6bfcd47c33b83c Read Virginia in 1637, Part 2: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242439.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A502334a29d8fa46442087cd3b97c4bd5 Read Virginia in 1637, Part 3: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242461.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A62aa9f4168e7d7c80e708c75692a4f6f Read the 1637-1638 House of Burgesses Journal: https://archive.org/details/journalsofhousb1619virg/page/56/mode/2up Read Virginia 1636-38: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242533.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A94872274c885014f42ed78aa9d31b1b6 Read Virginia in 1638: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242560.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Adce0d76fbad11a1857265bfa2d7454da Read Calvert Names Evelin Commander of Kent Island: http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000003/html/am3--59.html Read Cecil Calvert’s petition: http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000003/html/am3--68.html More resources for Virginia 1638-39: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242573.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A58a6f4b38591efd4782f68894960a95f https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242593.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A564b5208873aaf014fdc1cc6c2d3c1ab https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242617.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ab5deac005fe3e0a693f48a1e77e34178 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242573.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A58a6f4b38591efd4782f68894960a95f https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242705.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Afbcdd072a24612ed6d6382755871cfd0 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242763.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ad632e009994c146342d86b4d66a0c49a  Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

On today's episode, Maryland decides to end the dispute over Kent Island by forcefully taking it from Virginia.

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Read the Early Relations Between Maryland and Virginia by John Latane: https://www.thearkandthedove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/The-Early-Relations-Between-Maryland-and-Virginia.pdf

More on Leonard Calvert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Calvert

Leonard Calvert image By Florence Mackubin (1857–1918) - Maryland Archives Online http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000100/000198/html/msa00198.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33660225

Read Virginia in 1637, Part 1: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242421.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A55ff703dfef635568a6bfcd47c33b83c

Read Virginia in 1637, Part 2: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242439.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A502334a29d8fa46442087cd3b97c4bd5

Read Virginia in 1637, Part 3: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242461.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A62aa9f4168e7d7c80e708c75692a4f6f

Read the 1637-1638 House of Burgesses Journal: https://archive.org/details/journalsofhousb1619virg/page/56/mode/2up

Read Virginia 1636-38: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242533.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A94872274c885014f42ed78aa9d31b1b6

Read Virginia in 1638: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242560.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Adce0d76fbad11a1857265bfa2d7454da

Read Calvert Names Evelin Commander of Kent Island: http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000003/html/am3--59.html

Read Cecil Calvert’s petition: http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000003/html/am3--68.html

More resources for Virginia 1638-39: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242573.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A58a6f4b38591efd4782f68894960a95f

Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today's episode concludes the mutiny in Virginia portion of our newest series.  Governor Harvey returns to England to face charges brought upon by the Council of Virginia.  The Privy Council weighs in and resolves the matter.  

Virginia Seal: By UK - http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/57200/57201/57201_seal_virgini.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75035453 Read “Virginia in 1632-34:” https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242330.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ae19bc69e94ac0bf716ba4ad397f477a6 Read the Deposing of Governor Harvey, part 1: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242360.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A8a2c0de47bc8190b5b203a7febf6de92 Read the Deposing of Governor Harvey, part 2: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242378.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A2df4841ac7b48012fa6d7481d31d8e92 Read Captain Matthews account: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4241778.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A48ec3c07f90d75d754df7a887dead665 Read the Declaration of John Harvey: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4241779.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A48ec3c07f90d75d754df7a887dead665 More on John Harvey: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_(Virginia_governor) More on William Claiborne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Claiborne Read William Claiborne’s Letter to Secretary Coke: http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000003/html/am3--30.html Read Virginia in 1636: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242403.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A66c7b7da9bd4bcbf9938919832d2ec9b Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Governor Harvey's tenure in Virginia goes from bad to worse.  In this episode, we cover the events up to the ousting of Sir John Harvey.

Virginia Seal: By UK - http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/57200/57201/57201_seal_virgini.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75035453

Read “Virginia in 1632-34:” https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242330.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ae19bc69e94ac0bf716ba4ad397f477a6

Read the Deposing of Governor Harvey, part 1: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242360.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A8a2c0de47bc8190b5b203a7febf6de92

Read the Deposing of Governor Harvey, part 2: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242378.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A2df4841ac7b48012fa6d7481d31d8e92

Read Captain Matthews account: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4241778.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A48ec3c07f90d75d754df7a887dead665

Read the Declaration of John Harvey: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4241779.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A48ec3c07f90d75d754df7a887dead665

More on John Harvey: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_(Virginia_governor)

More on William Claiborne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Claiborne

Read William Claiborne’s Letter to Secretary Coke: http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000003/html/am3--30.html

Read Virginia in 1636: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242403.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A66c7b7da9bd4bcbf9938919832d2ec9b

Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/