The Trans-Atlanticist
Episode Archive
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Canada and The Declaration of Independence, Part 2: The Invasion (or Liberation) of Canada
In the second of our 2-episode series about Canada and the Declaration of Independence, historian Mark R. Anderson talks us through the invasion of "the neighbouring Province" of Canada as well ...
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Canada and the Declaration of Independence, Part 1: The First Two Letters to the Oppressed Inhabitants of Canada
"For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and f...
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Early American Diplomacy, Saint-Domingue, and the Declaration of Independence
"...and as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may...
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Thomas Paine, Common Sense, and the Declaration of Independence
“Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in dif...
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Hessian Mercenaries plus German Reactions to the Declaration of Independence
"He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely pa...
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Chicagoland and the Declaration of Independence
How did the indigenous people of Chicagoland understand what was happening in the Colonies in 1776?
Did the Declaration of Independence affect them in any way?
Of course, the C...
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Jewish Life in Colonial America
In this episode, Andrew Sola and Tobias Brinkmann explore the history of the earliest Jews in the Colonies.
Topics include the following:
-The arrival in 1654 of the first Jewish...
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Revolutionary Women and the Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men AND WOMEN are created equal." Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Convention
In this episode, Prof. Rosemarie Zagarri explores ...
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The Quartering Act of 1774 and Homosexuality in the Colonies
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."
This Pride Month episode focuses on two questions.
First, why were American c...
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The Role of Religion in The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence uses the words 'God,' 'the Creator,' and 'Divine Providence,' but many of the Founders were highly skeptical of both Christianity and also organized religion, pre...