Who were the Diggers, Levellers and Ranters? | English Civil War in 5+ Minutes

History Hub: In this video, the late Professor Justin Champion (1960-1920) introduces the diggers, levellers, and ranters of the English Civil War. The Ranters were one of a number of dissenting groups that emerged around the time of the English Commonwealth (1649–1660).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KYoXKjr4qM&t=23s

The Amazing Adventures of Prince Rupert | English Civil War Series

History Hub: "In this video Steven Franklin looks at the role of Prince Rupert in the English Civil War, an ideal case study for considering the importance of the individual to the course of some historical events." Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619–1682), was a noted German and British soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor, …

Black Women’s Experience Under Slavery

Crash Course Black History #11: "Slavery was inherently cruel and unjust, and it was cruel and unjust to different people in different ways. Today, Clint Smith teaches you about the experience of enslaved women, and how their experience of slavery was different than men. Women had a unique vantage point to understand slavery, and were …

How Do Pandemics Change Us and Societies? We Are Eyewitnesses to History

I've created a little photo essay to preserve my history of the pandemic. Neighbors, unable to communicate in person, communicated by writing messages in chalk on the sidewalk. One neighbor created a rock garden with little messages. The Bynum Bridge in Chatham County, NC over the Haw River, long a place for high school students …

Story of the Irish in America. Before That, Victims of English Oppression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybntHGbrPAs This PBS documentary from 1988 starts with the million-and-a-half people who fled Ireland in the decade beginning in 1845, the first year of the Irish potato famine. The population of the country dropped by about 25 percent due to starvation, disease and immigration. While the famine was attributed to a fungus that destroyed the …

With Disease and Climate Change Undeniably Altering Societies, Science Must Be Included in Historical Study

The Covid-19 pandemic and the prospect of cataclysmic climate change are stark illustrations that science cannot be separated from history. I have diminished the importance of the history of science to world history, hence Hank Green's Crash Course series of 46 approximately 11-minute lectures (totaling nine hours) on the History of Science is particularly relevant …

London’s Great Plague in 1665 Killed One in Three Citizens

Timeline: World History Documentaries: "The Great Plague of 1665 killed 100,000 Londoners – one in three of the people living in the city. While kept diaries have provided terrifying testaments to the horrors of that summer, other stories have been hidden in the archives of London churches for centuries. Rare documents unearthed in some of …

Sir Isaac Newton in 1660s Used Quarantine At Home Away from Plague Quite Well

As the world grapples with the corona virus pandemic and the social isolation necessary to prevent its spread, inspiration can be drawn from history. In the 1660s, Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a …

Backstory Behind Founding of the Carolina Colony in 1663, Up Until 1776

The date of the founding of North Carolina by the English is in some dispute. Some argue the birthday is July 13, 1584, when Croatan Indians first encountered English ships commissioned by Sir Walter Raleigh on Roanoke Island. Raleigh himself did not make a voyage to Carolina, despite providing the namesake for the eventual colony's …

Killing Masses of Humans: Disease, Drought, Famine and Climate Change Can Result in End of Civilizations

Disease, or epidemics, may have been one reason the Roman Empire fell in the 400s. It (specifically small pox) certainly was the main reason for wiping out 90 percent of the Native American population of North American before 1800. In the above Crash Course video, "John Green teaches you about disease, and the effects that …