Historical Context

Historical Context

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Historical Context episodes

  • The End of the Puritan Theocracy: The 1691 Province Charter Explained | Historical Context

    This episode of Historical Context examines the geopolitical aftermath of the Glorious Revolution between 1689 and 1691, revealing how Connecticut slyly resurrected its hidden charter while King William legally erased the Plymouth colony and issued the 1691 Province Charter, officially ending the Massachusetts Puritan theocracy by tying voting rights to property and installing a Royal Governor with absolute veto power.


    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow 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-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    24 min
  • Inside the 1688 Anti-Catholic Panic of Virginia | Historical Context

    This episode of Historical Context examines the terrifying "Catholic Fear" that gripped Virginia from 1686 to 1690, revealing how King James II's religious policies sparked armed frontier militias, secret plots for Catholic sanctuaries, and treasonous tavern brawls on the eve of the Glorious Revolution.


    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow 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-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    17 min
  • The 1682 Virginia Plant-Cutting Riots | Primary Source from Historical Context

    This episode of Historical Context examines thedesperate 1682 Virginia Plant-Cutting Riots, revealing how a collapsed tobacco market and a deaf royal government pushed impoverished colonists to violently destroy cash crops to inflate prices, ultimately prompting King Charles II to make agricultural sabotage a treasonous offense punishable by death.


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    Fife and Drum byKevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum

    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    19 min
  • Inside the 1689 Boston Revolt | Primary Sources from Historical Context

    This episode of Historical Context examines the dramatic Boston Revolt of April 1689, revealing how an armed uprising of thousands of Puritan colonists successfully overthrew the tyrannical Dominion of New England and locked Royal Governor Sir Edmund Andros in a dungeon without firing a single shot in open battle.


    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow 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-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    18 min
  • Inside the 1687 Military Coup in Connecticut | Historical Context

    This episode of Historical Context examines the tyrannical 1687 expansion of the Dominion of New England under Sir Edmund Andros, revealing the brutal economic extortion of "Will and Doom" and the dramatic military invasion of Hartford that birthed the legendary theft of the Connecticut Charter.


    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow 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-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    19 min
  • The Dominion of New England & The Fall of Puritan Independence

    This episode of Historical Context examines the brutal 1686 arrival of Sir Edmund Andros and the creation of the Dominion of New England, revealing how King James II installed a tyrannical royal government that systematically destroyed Puritan democracy, extorted colonists for their own land, and silenced local town meetings under the threat of martial law.


    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow 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-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    19 min
  • The Fall of the Massachusetts Bay Charter | Historical Context

    This episode of Historical Context examines the catastrophic fall of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter between 1684 and 1686, revealing how the English Crown used ruthless legal maneuvers to annihilate over half a century of Puritan self-rule and install a tyrannical, un-elected royal government.


    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow 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-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    15 min
  • Inside the 1679 Royal Takeover of New Hampshire | Historical Context

    This episode of Historical Context examines the devastating aftermath of King Philip's War in 1678 and 1679, revealing how the English Crown exploited massive colonial war debt and internal divisions to legally sever New Hampshire from Massachusetts Bay and revive the terrifying land claims of Robert Mason.


    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow 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-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    14 min
  • The 1677 Defeat of Massachusetts Bay

    This episode of Historical Context examines the desperate two-front war of 1676 to 1677, revealing how a financially exhausted Massachusetts Bay Colony battled indigenous forces at home while simultaneously facing a catastrophic legal siege in London that ultimately severed New Hampshire from their control.

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow 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-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    16 min
  • Inside the Brutal Winter of King Philip's War

    This episode of Historical Context examines the brutal winter of 1675 during King Philip's War, revealing how devastating indigenous raids that burned 1,200 frontier homes pushed united colonial militias into a desperate, freezing preemptive strike against the Narragansett nation, culminating in the horrific, high-casualty battle known as the Great Swamp Fight.

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow 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-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    15 min

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An examination of history through the writings and eyewitness accounts of its participants.