Today's episode focuses on the Connecticut colony during the start of the English Commonwealth.  The colony is still dealing with the witchcraft hysteria and has to deal with an unexpected foreign visitor.  

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Today's episode focuses on a few short years in the late 1640's and early 1650's where Maine operated independently.  We will also talk about why Maine's independence could not last.  

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Today's episode takes a look at the Massachusetts Bay in the years immediately following the end of the English monarch.    

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Today, Maryland faces full takeover of its government, but did the Parliamentarians authorize it?   

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Today, we shift gears to Maryland who are in the same predicament as Virginia.  The colony now faces an English Commonwealth that is opposed to their religious views.  

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Today, we pick up where we left off last week with the fight between the Virginia Royalists and the English Parliament.  Today, the confrontation comes to a full apex and conclusion.  

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/Read “Voyage to Virginia” by Col. Norwood: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1025Read Bullock’s “Virginia, Impartially Examined…”: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1073Read a Description of Virginia in 1649 by an unknown author: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1080Read Ed Williams Description of Virginia to the English Parliament here: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1076Read “Virginia 1641-1649”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242958.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A304188fe97a5088268d0d5f9655aceadRead “Virginia in 1650”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242973.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ad491e4cfeb6653ded1f0d508c756a23aRead William Berkeley’s speech: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A27467.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltextRead the House of Burgesses and Council of Virginia response to Parliament: https://archive.org/details/journalsofhousb1619virg/page/76/mode/2up?view=theaterMore on the Surrender of Virginia: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242571.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A58a6f4b38591efd4782f68894960a95fRead the articles of surrender: https://archive.org/details/journalsofhousb1619virg/page/78/mode/2up?view=theater Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today's episode starts a new series on the colonies during the English Commonwealth.  Today we focus on Virginia in 1649 and how the Commonwealth began getting hostile towards the pro-Royalist colony.  

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/ Read “Voyage to Virginia” by Col. Norwood: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1025 Read Bullock’s “Virginia, Impartially Examined…”: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1073 Read a Description of Virginia in 1649 by an unknown author: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1080 Read Ed Williams Description of Virginia to the English Parliament here: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1076 Read “Virginia 1641-1649”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242958.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A304188fe97a5088268d0d5f9655acead Read “Virginia in 1650”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242973.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ad491e4cfeb6653ded1f0d508c756a23a Read William Berkeley’s speech: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A27467.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext Read the House of Burgesses and Council of Virginia response to Parliament: https://archive.org/details/journalsofhousb1619virg/page/76/mode/2up?view=theater More on the Surrender of Virginia: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242571.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A58a6f4b38591efd4782f68894960a95f Read the articles of surrender: https://archive.org/details/journalsofhousb1619virg/page/78/mode/2up?view=theater  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 our series on the colonies during the English Civil War.  We discuss the state of several colonies along with the establishment of the Commonwealth of England.  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/ More on Thomas Greene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Greene_(governor) Read the Full List of Laws in 1648 Massachusetts Bay: http://puritanism.online.fr/puritanism/sources/lawslibertyes1648.html Read The Cambridge Platform: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Cambridge_Platform_of_Church_Discipl/aSkPAAAAIAAJ?q=&gbpv=1#f=false 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 returns to the colony of New Netherland in the 1640's and discusses how war and dissention nearly destroyed the colony.

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Today's episode covers a unique attempt to colonize America under an Irish banner.  We talk about Sir Edmund Plowden and the struggles he faced trying to make New Albion a reality.  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/ Read “The Description of New Albion:” http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1053 See the 1651 Map: https://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/JCBMAPS~1~1~1800~104390001:A-mapp-of-Virginia-discouered-to-ye Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/