The Trans-Atlanticist Podcast
1) Creating ONE PEOPLE: Whig Legal Theory Plus Comparisons with Ireland and Spanish America
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for ONE PEOPLE to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..." "Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructiv...Show More
2) Spanish Florida, African-Americans, and the Declaration of Independence
This episode explores the complexity of Florida's colonial history, its relationship to African-Americans, and its importance during the War of Independence. Our expert guest is Prof. Jane Landers (V...Show More
3) Canada and The Declaration of Independence, Part 2: The Invasion (or Liberation) of Canada
In the second of our 2-episode series about Canada and the Declaration of Independence, historian Mark R. Anderson talks us through the invasion of "the neighbouring Province" of Canada as well as the...Show More
4) Canada and the Declaration of Independence, Part 1: The First Two Letters to the Oppressed Inhabitants of Canada
"For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit ins...Show More
5) Early American Diplomacy, Saint-Domingue, and the Declaration of Independence
"...and as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of ri...Show More
6) Thomas Paine, Common Sense, and the Declaration of Independence
âMen who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs s...Show More
7) Hessian Mercenaries plus German Reactions to the Declaration of Independence
"He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled i...Show More
8) Chicagoland and the Declaration of Independence
How did the indigenous people of Chicagoland understand what was happening in the Colonies in 1776? Did the Declaration of Independence affect them in any way? Of course, the City of Chicago was n...Show More
9) Jewish Life in Colonial America
In this episode, Andrew Sola and Tobias Brinkmann explore the history of the earliest Jews in the Colonies. Topics include the following: -The arrival in 1654 of the first Jewish ship in New Amsterd...Show More
10) Revolutionary Women and the Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men AND WOMEN are created equal." Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Convention In this episode, Prof. Rosemarie Zagarri explores the legal, so...Show More