Welcome to our US History Assignment Podcast! Season 1 is hosted by August Santos, Rose Bennett, and Maayan Seltzer. Season 2 will be hosted by August Santos, Rose Bennett, Sage Lammanna, Jia Singh, Henry Lawrence, and Ethan Trotman. In each season, we discuss major elements of the time period and have conversations about them. In Season 1, we discuss the Seven Years War through the end of the Revolution over the course of 6 episodes. In Season 2, we will discuss major trends and developments of the early to mid-1800s over 4 episodes. Season 2 will go live by the end of November. Enjoy!
1 Episode Special: Don't Touch My Tea!: Reconstruct My Rights
Welcome to our 1 Episode Special of Don't Touch My Tea: Reconstruct My Rights. This podcast will be about events in the late 1800s, including Reconstruction.
This podcast is hosted by: August Santos, Jia Singh, Rose Bennett, Henry Lawrence, and Ethan Trotman.
19 Jan 2022
Don't Touch My Tea!: Reconstruct My Rights Trailer
Get a glimpse of what's coming this Friday, 1/21!!
This podcast is hosted by August Santos, Rose Bennett, Jia Singh, Henry Lawrence, and Ethan Trotman.
30 Nov 2021
Don't Touch My Tea Season 2: Hands Off My Gold Episode 4: The Greatest of Awakenenings
August Santos, Rose Bennett, Sage Lammanna, Jia Singh, Henry Lawrence, and Ethan Trotman are your hosts of this season of Hands Off My Gold.
In Episode 4, we anchors discuss (e.g., the First and Second Great Awakenings; the increase in the number of Protestant denominations; the concept of “Republican Motherhood;” hostility to Catholic immigration and the rise of the Native American Party, also known as the “Know-Nothing” Party).
30 Nov 2021
Don't Touch My Tea Season 2: Hands Off My Gold Episode 3: Industrial Overgrowth
August Santos, Rose Bennett, Sage Lammanna, Jia Singh, Henry Lawrence, and Ethan Trotman are your hosts of this season of Hands Off My Gold.
In Episode 3, we anchors discuss the effects of industrial growth throughout antebellum America, and in New England, the growth of the textile and machinery industries and maritime commerce. Including: the technological improvements and inventions that contributed to industrial growth and maritime commerce, the impact of the cotton gin on the economics of Southern agriculture and slavery and the connection between cotton production by slave labor in the South and the economic success of Northern textile industries, the causes and impact of the wave of immigration from Northern Europe to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s (e.g., the impact of the English occupation of Ireland, the Irish famine, and industrial development in the U.S.), the rise of a business class of merchants and manufacturers, and the role of women as the primary workforce in New England textile factories and female workers’ activism in advocating for reform of working conditions
30 Nov 2021
Don't Touch My Tea Season 2: Hands Off My Gold Episode 2: Bridges Are Built, Not Burned
August Santos, Rose Bennett, Sage Lammanna, Jia Singh, Henry Lawrence, and Ethan Trotman are your hosts of this season of Hands Off My Gold.
In Episode 2, we anchors discuss the importance of the Transportation Revolution of the 19th century (e.g., the introduction of steamboats, canals, roads, bridges, turnpikes, and railroad networks; the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad and its stimulus to east/west trade, the growth of Midwestern towns and cities, and the strengthening of a market economy). (And a rant about sharks and cowboys...)
30 Nov 2021
Don't Touch My Tea Season 2: Hands Off My Gold Episode 1: The Rush Begins!
August Santos, Rose Bennett, Sage Lammanna, Jia Singh, Henry Lawrence, and Ethan Trotman are your hosts of this season of Hands Off My Gold.
In Episode 1, we anchors discuss the causes and long and short term consequences of America’s westward expansion from 1800 to 1854 (e.g., the acquisition of Texas and the Southwestern territories as a consequence of the Mexican-American War in 1846–48, the California Gold Rush, and the rapid rise of Chinese immigration in California).
26 Nov 2021
Don't Touch My Tea Season 2: Hands Off My Gold Trailer
Welcome back to Don't Touch My Tea! Things will look a little different this season, but we are back in full swing. Season 2 will go live by the end of November. Our anchors this season are August Santos, Rose Bennett, Sage Lammana, Jia Singh, Ethan Trotman, and Henry Lawrence. As always, we hope you enjoy!
7 Oct 2021
Don't Touch My Tea: Episode 6: A Battle Ends
August Santos, Rose Bennett, Maayan Seltzer, will be your anchors for this podcast project.
In Episode 6 we will describe the key battles of the Revolution (e.g., Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown); the winter encampment at Valley Forge; and key leaders and participants of the Continental Army.
7 Oct 2021
Don't Touch My Tea: Episode 5: Independence Arrives
August Santos, Rose Bennett, Maayan Seltzer, will be your anchors for this podcast project.
In Episode 5 we will explain the main argument of the Declaration of Independence, the rationale for seeking independence, and its key ideas on equality, liberty, natural rights, and the rule of law.
7 Oct 2021
Don't Touch My Tea: Episode 4: Famous Figures
August Santos, Rose Bennett, and Maayan Seltzer will be your hosts for this podcast.
In Episode 4 we will be describing Patriots’ responses to increased British taxation (e.g., the slogan, “no taxation without representation,” the actions of the Stamp Act Congress, the Sons of Liberty, the Boston Tea Party, the Suffolk Resolves), and the role of Massachusetts people (e.g. Samuel Adams, Crispus Attucks, John Hancock, James Otis, Paul Revere, John and Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Judith Sargent Murray, Phillis Wheatley, Peter Salem, Prince Estabrook.)
7 Oct 2021
Don't Touch My Tea: Episode 3: THE TEA IS TOUCHED
August Santos, Rose Bennett, Maayan Seltzer, will be your anchors for this podcast project.
In Episode 3 we will be discussing Britain’s policies in the North American colonies (e.g., the Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Duties, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts) and compare the perspectives of the British Parliament, British colonists, and Native Peoples in North America on these policies.
7 Oct 2021
Don't Touch My Tea: Episode 2: Land Disputes
August Santos, Rose Bennett, and Maayan Seltzer, will be your anchors for this podcast project.
In Episode 2 we will talk about the reasons for the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American component of the global Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France (1756–1763), and describe how the war affected colonists and Native Peoples.
7 Oct 2021
Don't Touch My Tea: Episode 1: A Revolution Begins
August Santos, Rose Bennett, and Maayan Seltzer will be your anchors for this podcast project.
In Episode 1 we will be discussing the economic, intellectual, and cultural forces that contributed to the American Revolution.
3 Oct 2021
Don't Touch My Tea 0: An Introduction
Welcome to our US History Assignment Podcast! This podcast is hosted by August Santos, Rose Bennett, and Maayan Seltzer. There will be 6 episodes detailing different aspects of the time from the Seven Years War through the end of the Revolution. All episodes will go live at some point on October 7th. Enjoy!
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