An audio-only version of my presentation at the 2022 Intelligent Speech Conference.  For video, click here!   In this presentation, I took a step back to explore the process of settling a new colony, a big-picture discussion of the colonies we've discussed through the lens of 20th Century research on settlement requirements and dynamics.  It should surprise no one that a huge factor in success vs. failure deals with psychology and settler mental health, but it is an angle that's been oft overlooked in those early histories.   ..read more

The story of Carolina's second settlement attempt was the type of failure we've frequently discussed, but it was also a failure for a new era.  English proprietors got distracted, severe supply shortages emerged, and conflict with indigenous tribes ultimately caused the colony to collapse.  But, colonists knew what to do, they forcefully made their feelings known, and they were led by people sympathetic to their plight.  This meant that a story which, 20 years before, would have left the colonists either dead or destitute, ended with most able to move on with their lives.  ..read more

Henry Morgan's privateering exploits had turned to full on piracy by the time he attacked Maracaibo and, especially, Panama City.  Still, he enjoyed the support of the island's population and leadership, and the money he brought to the colony facilitated its transformation into one of England's wealthiest colonies.   Website (transcripts)   Patreon   Buy Me a Coffee Twitter     ..read more

Neither the king nor Barbados was willing to budge over the financial issues surrounding the Second Anglo-Dutch War, and what ensued was the biggest showdown between king and colony in American history.   Website (transcripts, sources, etc)   Patreon or BMAC   Intelligent Speech is coming!   ..read more

When the Restoration happened, Barbados requested to be made a crown colony, thinking its rights would be better protected.  In return for giving up his proprietary rights, Willoughby was made Barbados's first royal governor.  Suddenly, Barbadians were faced with the first real imposition to their self-government in well over a decade, and the conflict frustrated both Willoughby and the colonists.  Meanwhile, an illegal slave deal with the Spanish ultimately gives Barbados the right to sell slaves to other countries.   Website   Patreon   Buymeacoff ..read more

Charles II kept a stronger Parliament within England than his father could have imagined, and he expanded the Navigation Acts, kept the policy of transportation, and pushed the slave trade.  When news of the new king's planned policies reached Virginia, Berkeley rushed to ask that they be revoked or modified to avoid crushing his colony.   Website & transcripts   Patreon   Buy Me A Coffee   ..read more

A political fight in Maryland highlights the colony's new state of affairs - Lord Baltimore may own the colony, but he has virtually no power there.   Find transcripts and more on the website     Support this podcast on Patreon   Buy me a Coffee for one-time donations   ..read more

After the Restoration prompted a bloody revolt by Thomas Venner's Fifth Monarchist group in London, Charles II cast a wary eye on New England.  Meanwhile, regicides Whalley and Goffe had escaped punishment in England to make their home in Massachusetts.  The fallout would lead to the end of New Haven as a colony.   Website & Transcripts: Americanhistorypodcast.net   Patreon   BuyMeACoffee   ..read more

Cromwell decides in favor of Baltimore's proprietorship in Maryland, Virginia works to subvert English puritan leadership and reinstall a royalist government, Bermuda has its first slave revolt, and Barbados foreshadows Revolutionary War sentiments by opposing taxation without representation.   ..read more

A quick recap of everything that's changed in America during the period of the English Civil Wars and Interregnum/Commonwealth, as well as problems colonists are facing going into the reign of King Charles II.   By the way, I've got a patreon (for ongoing support) and Buy Me a Coffee (easier for one-time donations) now, so if you're interested in helping support the show, the links are below!   https://www.patreon.com/RNRPod   https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RNRPod   ..read more