Social Reformer James Olgethorpe Founded Georgia Colony for Worthy Poor to Escape Debtors Prisons

James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) was a British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, as well as the founder of the colony of Georgia in what was then British America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's worthy poor in the New World, initially focusing on those in debtors' prisons. Wikipedia. Establishing the Georgia Colony, …

Time Traveler’s Guides to England in 1300s, 1500s, 1700s, 1800s

British historian Ian Mortimer (website; Wikipedia; Youtube.com) specializes in medieval history. Basing his books on the premise that "the past is a foreign country," he has created a series of books as if humans could travel back in time, and how to prepare for life in another century. He is best known for A Time …

Stono Rebellion, Slave Rebellion in SC in 1739, Was Colony’s Largest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pND-9KhM1Xw&t=62s Crash Course Black American History #6: "Enslaved people resisted their condition in a range of different ways. Oftentimes those ways were small and personal. There were also times when that resistance took on larger, more dramatic forms, like with slave uprisings and rebellions. Today, we'll learn about the Stono Rebellion, which was an uprising …

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 …

George III of England: Mad or Mainly Maligned?

The Declaration of Independence called King George III of England a tyrant unworthy of the British crown. But was he? This documentary explores the question, pointing out that King George III was the first Hanoverian king to win the hearts of his countrymen, precisely because everyone knew he had a mental illness.

Freedom of the Press Established in America With 1730s Peter Zenger Trial

The foundation of freedom of the press in America was laid in the 1730s, when Peter Zenger, a printer and journalist in the colony of New York, published criticism of William Cosby, the colonial governor, as terrible -- arbitrary, tyrannical, greedy and corrupt. Cosby had rigged an election, stole collected taxes, appropriate land of Native Americans, …

Religious Movements Were Important in Shaping America in the 18th and 19th Centuries

The United States has been particularly fertile ground for religious movements. In the 18th and 19th centuries, two major waves of religious ferver swept the young nation, followed by the founding of new sects, social movements toward temperance, social justice, reform, and utopian communities. First Great Awakening, from 1730s through the 1740s, emphasizing Puritanism and …