This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces newspaper printer John Peter Zenger, who tested the freedom of the press long before the first amendment was written. He commited sedition against the governor, but he was acquitted by a jury which favored free speech.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces joint-stock companies, which financed the settlement of colonies in the New World. These private companies raised money by selling stock and eventually rewarding investors with the profits from American goods.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces Maryland's establishment when King Charles I granted the land to Lord Baltimore, a devout Catholic. His appointment angered the Protestant population already settled in Maryland.
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Historian John Michael Vlach introduces the Hampton Estate in Towson, MD. Built in 1745, the estate's owners worked in various industries and farming ventures, and owned many slaves.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes an arrangement at Jamestown settlement in Virginia, in which both the English and Indians exchanged young children, including Pocahontas, in order to learn more about each other's culture and language. This arrangement fathered a cultural exchange between the two groups.
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"Happy Retreat is the home built by Charles Washington, founder of Charles Town, WV, and President George Washington’s youngest brother. Located on the edge of historic Charles Town, the property includes the 18th-century mansion, a stone and brick kitchen/storehouse, an old octagonal wooden school house and 12 acres of woods and lawns." The Friends of Happy Retreat is working towards purchasing the home and then restoring it for the public.
The site offers historical information regarding the home and ways to get involved with the organization.
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Author David McCullough talks about his book John Adams and the significance of Adams's term in office as the second president of the United States.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the colony of Jamestown's struggles to survive, as tense relations with local Indians erupt into the First and Second Anglo-Powhatan Wars of the early and mid-1600s.
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Dianne Swann-Wright, Director of African-American and Special Programs at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, discusses the contributions of slaves in creating Monticello—both in clearing the land and establishing the house itself and in crafting furniture and other pieces to finish the house.
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Historian Anthony Sammarco follows the development of downtown Boston from the city's early years to the present day. He focuses on the area called Downtown Crossing, following the Great Boston Fire of 1872, and examines the commercial shopping establishments that replaced pre-fire residences and churches. His presentation includes slides.
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