Great Epochs in American History, Volume II

Narrators: BettyB, Jddykst, Marcia Eppich-Harris, Bill Mosley, Skgm1010, Michele Fry, Larry Wilson, Rita Boutros, Realisticspeakers, H. Anne Schwarz, MFD32, Kyle Donelan, Ciufi Galeazzi, KevinS

Number of Chapters: 31

Length: 06 hours and 12 minutes

Language: English

This is the second volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in them, or were personal eye-witnesses of them. Volume II describes first colonies in America and covers time period from 1562 to 1733. - Summary by Kikisaulite

Introduction (BettyB)

The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) I: The account by John A. Doyle (Jddykst)

The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) II: Mendoza's account (Jddykst)

Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies (1584-1587) I: The account by John A. Doyle (Marcia Eppich-Harris)

Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies II: The return of the colonists with Sir Francis Drake (1586) by Ralph Lane (Marcia Eppich-Harris)

Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies III: The birth of Virginia Dare (1587) by John White (Bill Mosley)

Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) I: By Gabriel Archer, one of his companions (skgm1010)

Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) II: Gosnold's own account (Bill Mosley)

The founding of Jamestown (1607) by Captain John Smith (Bill Mosley)

The first American legislative assembly (1619) by John Twine, its secretary (Michele Fry)

The origin of negro slavery in America I: In the West Indies (1518) by Sir Arthur Helps (Larry Wilson)

The origin of negro slavery in America II: Its beginnings in the United States (1620) by John A. Doyle (Larry Wilson)

New England before the pilgrim fathers landed (1614) by captain John Smith (Bill Mosley)

The first voyage of the "Mayflower" (1620) by governor William Bradford (Larry Wilson)

The first New York settlements (1623-1628) by Nicholas Jean de Wassenaer (Rita Boutros)

The Swedes and Dutch in New Jersey and Delaware (1627) by Israel Acrelius (Rita Boutros)

The beginnings of the Massachusetts Bay colony (1627-1631) by governor Thomas Dudley (realisticspeakers)

How the Bay colony differed from Plymouth by John G. Palfrey (H. Anne Schwarz)

Lord Baltimore in Maryland (1633) by contemporary writers (MFD32)

Roger Williams in Rhode Island (1636) by Nathaniel Morton (Bill Mosley)

The founding of Connecticut (1633-1636) by Alexander Johnston (Kyle Donelan)

Witchcraft in New England (1647-1696) by John G. Palfrey (Larry Wilson)

The English conquest of New York (1664) by John R. Brodhead (H. Anne Schwarz)

Bacon's rebellion in Virginia (1676) by an anonymous writer (Ciufi Galeazzi)

King Philip's war (1676) by William Hubbard (realisticspeakers)

The founding of Pennsylvania I: Penn's account of the colony (1684) (Ciufi Galeazzi)

The founding of Pennsylvania II: Penn's treaty with the Indians (1683), his own account (Ciufi Galeazzi)

The founding of Pennsylvania III: The reality of Penn's treaty (1682), by George E. Ellis (Ciufi Galeazzi)

The Charter Oak affair in Connecticut (1682) by Alexander Johnston (Larry Wilson)

The colonization of Louisiana (1699) by Charles E.T. Gayarre (Michele Fry)

Oglethorpe in Georgia (1733) by Joel Chandler Harris (KevinS)

The audiobook Great Epochs in American History, Volume II falls under the genres of *non-fiction, History. It is written by Francis Whiting Halsey.

ListenFreeAudio.Com

Your Free Audiobook Library

Great Epochs in American History, Volume II