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The Political History of the United States

1.23 Biography Edition: Roger Williams

41 min • 2 september 2019

Upon arriving in America, Roger Williams quickly became one of the most prominent colonists in New England. As the founder of Rhode Island, a proponent of Native American land rights, and an early advocate of the separation of church and state, Williams spent much of his life alienating just about everybody in New England. Despite this Williams remains a giant figure in American colonial history and left a legacy that would help color the policies of the future United States.

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4.68 Season 4 Retrospective

4.67 The World Turned Upside Down

4.66 The Siege of Yorktown

4.65 Cornwallis Cornered

4.64 To New York or to Virginia

4.63 Arnold's Revenge

4.62 Guilford Courthouse

4.61 The Beginning of the Beginning of the End

4.60 Nathanael Greene and the Southern Army

4.59 Dark Days

4.58 The Battle of Camden

4.57 Charleston

4.56 Meet the Loyalists

4.55 The Constitutions of the States

4.54 The Campaign of 1779

4.53 The War Moves South

4.52 The French Arrive

4.51 Monmouth Courthouse

4.50 The Carlisle Commission

4.49 Valley Forge

4.48 Reacting to Saratoga

4.47 Saratoga

4.46 Brandywine and Germantown

4.45 Burgoyne's March

4.44 Ticonderoga

4.43 Preparing for 1777

4.42 Crossing the Delaware

4.41 Fort Washington

4.40 The Battle of New York

4.39 The Battle of Long Island

4.38 Canada and Carolina

4.37 Reacting to Independence

4.36 The Declaration of Independence

Season 4 Supplement 1: The Declaration of Independence

4.35 Reconciliation or Independency

4.34 Boston Liberated

4.33 Common Sense

4.32 The 1775 Invasion of Canada

4.31 The Aftermath of Bunker Hill

4.30 The Battle of Bunker Hill

4.29 Reacting to Rebellion

4.28 Lexington and Concord

4.27 Approching the Breaking Point

4.26 The Boycott

4.25 The End of Civil Government

4.24 The First Continental Congress

4.23 Preparing to Meet

4.22 The Intolerable Acts

4.21 Franklin in the Cockpit

4.20 The Boston Tea Party

4.19 The Hutchinson Letters Crisis

4.18 The Pause in Politics

4.17 Trial and Aftermath

4.16 The Boston Massacre

4.15 1769

4.14 The Liberty Riots

4.13 The Circular Letter

4.12 Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer

4.11 The Townshend Acts

4.10 Internal Divisions

4.9 The Legacy of 1765

4.8 The Stamp Act Congress

4.7 The Stamp Act Riots

4.6 The Stamp Act

4.5 A Spoon Full of Sugar

4.4 A Changing Colonial Outlook

4.3 The End of Pontiac’s Rebellion

4.2 Pontiac’s Rebellion

4.1 Dangerous Frontiers

3.45 Questions and Answers

3.44 A Retrospective Review of the Colonial Era

3.43 Season in Review Part 2

3.42 Season 3 in Review; Part 1

3.41 An Empire Stretched Thin

3.40 The Collapse of Canada

3.39 The Plains of Abraham

3.38 Quebec

3.37 Niagara and Crown Point