History of North America
Sweeping historical saga of the United States (USA), Canada and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch. Join host Mark Vinet on this exciting and fascinating journey through time, exploring and focusing on the interesting, compelling, wonderful and tragic stories of the North American continent, its inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders, environment and geography.
Episodes
Ancient Halloween roots and customs go back, far back to Western occidental history’s folk, pagan, and Christian beliefs. Pumpkins, trick or treating and ghost stories are what we associate with Halloween, but what about turnips, fairies and a fortune-telling cake? We go in search of the origins of Halloween, rooted on the island of Ireland in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when the harvest ends and winter looms. E45...
We go in search of the origins of Halloween, rooted on the island of Ireland in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when the harvest ends and winter looms with the overlap of Christian belief and folk or pagan beliefs. E451.
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Epic STORY of modern music and its North American heritage, roots, and traditions. Enjoy this History of North America PLUS episode!
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- Music Industry book available at https://amzn.to/40NlK4F
- History of Music books at https://amzn.to/3nXKYzy
- Marc Cote services available at https://marccote.com
In-depth study and detailed analysis of the diverse, colorful, and creative art forms that fill the leisure and recreational time of North Americans, based on Mark Vinet's non-fiction book ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. Enjoy this History of North America PLUS episode!
- Entertainment Industry by Mark Vinet is available at https://amzn.to/40NlK4F
- Evolution of Modern Popular Music by Mark Vinet at https://amzn.to/3oHllDq
- Canada an...
Denary Novels, Book One — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.
Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet Watch Book One&rsq...
Denary Novels, Book Six — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.
Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet Watch Book ...
Let’s wrap-up the fascinating life, times, deeds, and exploits of Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), the Father of New France. In 1629 Champlain suffered the humiliation of having to surrender his almost starving garrison to an English fleet that appeared before Quebec. He was taken to England as a prisoner. Peace, however, had been declared between England and France before the surrender, and New France was accordingly restore...
American Revolution (1765–1783) was a political conflict involving the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain, culminating in the American Revolutionary War and the independence of the colonies as the United States. RW36.
- The Revolution DVD box-set available at https://amzn.to/4p8seIt
- Hal Leonard Corp. music available at https://amzn.to/4bZtJEh
- Michael Sweeney music arrangements at https://amz...
At the beginning of the 18th century France and England were at war once again, and in North America, the English phase of the European War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14) is referred to as, Queen Anne’s War (1702-13) which was ended by the Treaty of Utrecht.
Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/jqHKCuAM-4s which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) written in the form of an extended letter to his son, William Franklin (1730-1813). Ben kept good records of his life and travels, and although he was never President, he still played a crucial part in American history.
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A series of 16 influential political pamphlets published between 1776 and 1783 during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) titled The American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine — an Englishman living in the colonies who signed his essays anonymously as "Common Sense," the title of his earlier influential work. Each essay, bolstered the morale of the...
Europeans unknowingly unleashed on the New World a form of bacterial epidemic to which aboriginal peoples had no immunity. The microbes ravaged the original inhabitants of the continent, causing a pandemic and demographic disaster. E290.
Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/h8eJZY_s95o which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams.
Epic STORY of modern music and its North American heritage, roots, and traditions. Enjoy this History of North America PLUS episode!
- Evolution of Modern Popular Music by Mark Vinet at https://amzn.to/3oHllDq
- Music Industry book available at https://amzn.to/40NlK4F
- History of Music books at https://amzn.to/3nXKYzy
- Marc Cote services available at https://marccote.com
In-depth study and detailed analysis of the diverse, colorful, and creative art forms that fill the leisure and recreational time of North Americans, based on Mark Vinet's non-fiction book ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. Enjoy this History of North America PLUS episode!
- Entertainment Industry by Mark Vinet is available at https://amzn.to/40NlK4F
- Evolution of Modern Popular Music by Mark Vinet at https://amzn.to/3oHllDq
- Canada an...
Denary Novels, Book One — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.
Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet Watch Book One&rsq...
Denary Novels, Book Six — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.
Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet Watch Book ...
October is annually observed in Canada as Latin American Heritage Month to honor the community's social, economic, and political contributions.
Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/buQvENqYWtY which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams.
- Everything Everywhere Daily podcast at https://amzn.to/3XHj20A
- New Spain books available at https://...
American Revolution (1765–1783) was a political conflict involving the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain, culminating in the American Revolutionary War and the independence of the colonies as the United States.
- The Revolution DVD box-set available at https://amzn.to/4p8seIt
- Hal Leonard Corp. music available at https://amzn.to/4bZtJEh
- Michael Sweeney music arrangements at https://amzn.to/...
The 1701 Peace Treaty was a landmark agreement signed in Montreal on August 4, 1701 at the city’s present-day site of the Pointe-à-Callière museum complex, named for signatory Louis-Hector de Callière, Governor of New France. The Treaty ended nearly a century of bloody conflict known as the Beaver Wars (1609–1701) between New France, its Indigenous allies, and the Iroquois Confederacy.
A series of 16 influential political pamphlets published between 1776 and 1783 during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) titled The American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine — an Englishman living in the colonies who signed his essays anonymously as "Common Sense," the title of his earlier influential work. Each essay, bolstered the morale of the...
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