The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is founded and immediately forced to fight for its survival.
11 episodes & 2 conversations| 1631 - 1676
📜EP 1 | Roger Williams, the Lone Radical
📜EP 2 | Roger Williams, the Radical Leader
📜EP 3 | Providence
📜EP 4 | Anne Hutchinson, Portsmouth, and Newport
📜EP 5 | Becoming a Colony
📜EP 6 | Finding Unity
📜EP 7 | A Lively experiment
📜EP 8 | King Philip's War P1
📜EP 9 | King Philip's War P2
📜BONUS | A Formidable Force: The Narragansett & Pokanoket People
📜BONUS | An Unfortunate Undoing: The Narragansett & Pokanoket People
📜BONUS | Conversation with Dr. David Weed: The History of the Pokanoket Tribe
📜BONUS | Conversation with Jack Henneman: Rhode Island & 17th Century New England
Roger Williams arrives in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and begins advocating for religious freedom.
22 minutes
Roger Williams continues advocating for religious freedom while also developing a devout following in Massachusetts. Eventually, the leaders of Massachusetts decide that they must silence Williams once and for all.
18 minutes
After being banned from Massachusetts, Roger Williams founds the town of Providence, the freest society in 17th century western civilization.
24 minutes
After Anne Hutchinson is banned from Massachusetts her followers go on to found the towns of Portsmouth and Newport on Aquidneck Island.
26 minutes
The radical towns around Narragansett Bay protect their sovereignty by uniting as one and becoming an official English Colony.
21 minutes
As internal opponents attempt to destroy Rhode Island from within, Roger Williams fights to keep their colony united.
23 minutes
When Connecticut finds a way to steal a third of Rhode Island's land, John Clarke fights to keep their colony intact.
24 minutes
After years of tension, a war between the English colonists and the tribes of southern New England breaks out and Rhode Island finds itself engulfed in this deadly conflict.
25 minutes
After the Narragansett Nation enters King Philip's War and towns throughout Rhode Island are destroyed, the English colonists eventually find a way to defeat their formidable opponents.
28 minutes
In part 1 of this 2 part bonus episode we discuss the Narragansett and Pokanoket tribes and how their lives changed when they began interacting with English colonists.
27 minutes
In part 2 of this 2 part bonus episode we watch the Narragansett and Pokanoket people fight to salvage their way of life as the power of the English grows stronger every year.
20 minutes
In this conversation with Dr. David Weed of the Sowams Heritage Area we discuss the history of the Pokanoket tribe of eastern Rhode Island and the pivotal role their tribe played in our nations history.
36 minutes
In this conversation with Jack Henneman, Creator of the History of the Americans Podcast, we disuss how the Rhode Island Colony fit into 17th century New England.
1 hour 10 minues