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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Young Christopher Columbus
    5:29
  2. 2.
    Columbus Trains on the Mediterranean
    5:47
  3. 3.
    Columbus in Portugal
    5:34
  4. 4.
    Queen Isabella of Spain Supports Columbus
    8:50
  5. 5.
    Columbus on the Ocean
    4:28
  6. 6.
    Columbus Encourages His Men
    4:10
  7. 7.
    Land Discovered
    6:15
  8. 8.
    Settlement in America
    4:16
  9. 9.
    Powhatan and John Smith
    7:23

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    William Bradford of Yorkshire
    4:42
  2. 2.
    Religious Persecution
    6:12
  3. 3.
    Separatists Flee Holland
    6:42
  4. 4.
    Plans for a Better Life in America
    7:33
  5. 5.
    A Perilous Journey
    3:53
  6. 6.
    The First Government in America
    3:25
  7. 7.
    Settling at Plymouth Rock
    5:28
  8. 8.
    Dealing With Indians
    6:54
  9. 9.
    The First Thanksgiving
    6:19

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Roger Williams the Puritan
    5:34
  2. 2.
    Encouraged to Preach in America
    5:49
  3. 3.
    Separation of Church and State
    7:08
  4. 4.
    Refusal to Be Silent
    5:48
  5. 5.
    Anne Hutchinson's Revelations
    3:06
  6. 6.
    An Inspiration to Go to America
    4:51
  7. 7.
    Anne Admitted to the Church
    6:01
  8. 8.
    The Wisdom of Anne Hutchinson
    6:22
  9. 9.
    Anne's Movement Grows and Is Threatened
    7:33

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    King James and George Calvert
    7:28
  2. 2.
    Catholics in England
    8:12
  3. 3.
    Lord Baltimore in America
    8:28
  4. 4.
    Foundations for a New Colony
    3:58
  5. 5.
    George Calvert Dies
    5:32
  6. 6.
    Departure of Catholic Immigrants
    6:02
  7. 7.
    The Ark and the Dove
    5:08
  8. 8.
    A Safe Arrival in Maryland
    5:34

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    A Young Nathaniel Bacon
    2:14
  2. 2.
    An Inheritance in Virginia
    3:59
  3. 3.
    A Future in America
    7:01
  4. 4.
    Settling Near the Indians
    8:27
  5. 5.
    War With the Native Indians
    4:25
  6. 6.
    Rumors and Misunderstandings
    5:19
  7. 7.
    Governor Berkeley’s Quest for Peace
    4:36
  8. 8.
    Talk of Rebellion
    6:36
  9. 9.
    Bacon Leads the Rebellion
    4:27
  10. 10.
    Rebels Take Control
    8:22

Disc 6

  1. 1.
    Girls Learn of Witchcraft
    2:44
  2. 2.
    A Concern Over Growing Evil
    4:12
  3. 3.
    Flirting With the Devil
    4:30
  4. 4.
    Children Afflicted
    4:28
  5. 5.
    Gossip of Witchcraft
    5:36
  6. 6.
    "Witches" Arrested
    7:47
  7. 7.
    The Sarah Goode Trial
    4:37
  8. 8.
    No Defense
    6:08
  9. 9.
    The Innocent Are Hanged
    7:22
  10. 10.
    Judges See Their Mistakes
    8:50

Disc 7

  1. 1.
    A Smart, Intelligent Boy
    4:59
  2. 2.
    Son of a Poor Man
    4:38
  3. 3.
    James Franklin Returns From London
    5:19
  4. 4.
    Too Smart for Grammar School
    5:05
  5. 5.
    Ben's Apprenticeship
    4:33
  6. 6.
    The Education of Women
    4:52
  7. 7.
    Boston's New Newspaper
    5:04
  8. 8.
    Attempts to Stop Publication
    5:22
  9. 9.
    Ben Manages the Press
    5:35
  10. 10.
    Arguments Over Apprenticeship
    3:09

Disc 8

  1. 1.
    Franklin in Philadelphia
    4:13
  2. 2.
    Governor Contracts With Ben
    3:55
  3. 3.
    Franklin Attempts to Secure Financing
    5:55
  4. 4.
    A Journey to Buy a Press
    6:53
  5. 5.
    Franklin in London
    5:41
  6. 6.
    Franklin Arrives Home
    3:55
  7. 7.
    His Work in Philadelphia
    3:37
  8. 8.
    A Discussion on Slavery
    5:32
  9. 9.
    Franklin's Successful Newspaper
    4:59
  10. 10.
    Important Inventions
    3:42
  11. 11.
    Uniting the Colonies
    6:57

Disc 9

  1. 1.
    A Desire for Adventure
    4:30
  2. 2.
    Washington's Work in Ohio Valley
    5:38
  3. 3.
    Disputes With the French Canadians
    5:49
  4. 4.
    Sick in the West Indies
    4:51
  5. 5.
    Washington to Solve the Dispute
    6:02
  6. 6.
    Washington's Militia Army
    4:45
  7. 7.
    Washington's Army Defeated
    5:47
  8. 8.
    Washington and Franklin Meet
    7:07
  9. 9.
    British and Americans Fight the French
    8:02

Disc 10

  1. 1.
    A Young Quaker in the Pennsylvania Woods
    3:17
  2. 2.
    Rifles and Guns
    4:37
  3. 3.
    A Move to the Southern Frontier
    6:40
  4. 4.
    A Soldier Fighting Indians
    4:56
  5. 5.
    Daniel Boone Starts a Family
    5:44
  6. 6.
    Plans for an Expedition
    2:50
  7. 7.
    A Decision to Move West
    5:27
  8. 8.
    Tragedy in the Boone Family
    7:14
  9. 9.
    Retreat Back to the Colonies
    4:50
  10. 10.
    Founding of Boonesboro
    8:00

Disc 11

  1. 1.
    Samuel Adams Talks About His Future
    6:41
  2. 2.
    Concern of His Father's Land Bank
    5:33
  3. 3.
    Growing Disputes Between England and America
    6:49
  4. 4.
    Sons of Liberty Formed
    7:23
  5. 5.
    Stamp Tax Resistance
    5:17
  6. 6.
    Who Leads the Rebels?
    4:23
  7. 7.
    England Repeals the Tax
    3:50
  8. 8.
    Samuel Adams Helps Unify Colonies
    4:51
  9. 9.
    The Boston Massacre
    7:51

Disc 12

  1. 1.
    Aftermath of the Boston Massacre
    3:51
  2. 2.
    John Adams Asked to Defend Accused Soldiers
    5:11
  3. 3.
    British Soldiers Leave Boston
    7:14
  4. 4.
    Trial Postponed
    5:31
  5. 5.
    John Adams Nominated to the Freedom Council
    5:24
  6. 6.
    John Adams Elected as Boston Representative
    4:37
  7. 7.
    Preparing for Trial
    6:36
  8. 8.
    Trial of Captain Preston Begins
    6:31
  9. 9.
    Verdict of Innocence
    8:30

Disc 13

  1. 1.
    Thomas Jefferson and His Teacher
    3:32
  2. 2.
    Jefferson Meets Patrick Henry
    6:53
  3. 3.
    Patrick Henry: An Intelligent, Common Man
    4:16
  4. 4.
    Bar Exam
    6:24
  5. 5.
    Patrick Henry Starts His Practice
    4:51
  6. 6.
    A Powerful Defense, Part 1
    7:15
  7. 7.
    A Powerful Defense, Part 2
    9:52
  8. 8.
    Patrick Henry's Surprising Influence
    10:20

Disc 14

  1. 1.
    Attempts to Stop the Liberty Party
    4:16
  2. 2.
    Governor Paid by English Parliament
    7:09
  3. 3.
    How Are the Judges Being Paid?
    6:38
  4. 4.
    Committees of Correspoondence
    7:32
  5. 5.
    Governor Hutchinson's Damaging Letters
    5:35
  6. 6.
    Letters Published
    5:43
  7. 7.
    Ben Franklin Arrested
    4:17
  8. 8.
    Half-Priced Tea
    4:52
  9. 9.
    The Boston Tea Party
    6:51

Disc 15

  1. 1.
    Governor Hutchinson Writes England
    3:10
  2. 2.
    Plans for an Embargo
    4:13
  3. 3.
    Governor Impeached
    4:51
  4. 4.
    Boston Port Closed
    6:52
  5. 5.
    Other Colonies Help Massachusetts
    6:19
  6. 6.
    Franklin Discusses Possible Revolution
    4:34
  7. 7.
    Massachusetts Delegates
    6:49
  8. 8.
    Journey to Philadelphia
    7:53
  9. 9.
    Continental Congress Convenes
    6:14

Disc 16

  1. 1.
    Former Soldiers Talk With General Washington
    2:36
  2. 2.
    Sam and John Adams
    3:09
  3. 3.
    Patrick Henry’s Vision of One Nation
    4:19
  4. 4.
    Discussions of War for Independence
    4:48
  5. 5.
    Ambassadors in London
    4:37
  6. 6.
    British Army’s Plans
    5:37
  7. 7.
    Paul Revere’s Warning
    4:36
  8. 8.
    Revolutionary Troops Organize
    7:44
  9. 9.
    Battle at Concord Bridge
    5:29
  10. 10.
    Rebels Surprisingly Strong
    6:26

Disc 17

  1. 1.
    Ben Franklin Back in America
    2:52
  2. 2.
    Debates on Petitioning England
    5:11
  3. 3.
    Congress Votes on Petition
    5:23
  4. 4.
    Rebels Capture Fort Ticonderoga
    4:52
  5. 5.
    A Temporary American Government
    4:58
  6. 6.
    Revolutionary Skirmishes
    2:40
  7. 7.
    Organizing the Military
    3:51
  8. 8.
    Who Will Lead the Army?
    6:27
  9. 9.
    George Washington Appointed
    4:23
  10. 10.
    John Adam's Letters
    7:03

Disc 18

  1. 1.
    Plan for Bunker Hill
    6:01
  2. 2.
    Strategy of War
    6:45
  3. 3.
    The Battle Begins
    6:56
  4. 4.
    Whites of Their Eyes
    4:15
  5. 5.
    Soldiers Need Discipline
    4:49
  6. 6.
    Talk of Democracy
    3:48
  7. 7.
    A Lull in the War
    6:14
  8. 8.
    Congress Still Divided
    5:07
  9. 9.
    "Common Sense" Unifies the People
    7:30

Disc 19

  1. 1.
    Brittish Generals
    3:41
  2. 2.
    Woman Must Support the Men
    5:01
  3. 3.
    Congress Must Unite
    5:03
  4. 4.
    Franklin Urges the Writing of a Declaration
    5:44
  5. 5.
    Congress Approves a Writing of a Declaration
    4:59
  6. 6.
    How to Defend New York
    4:04
  7. 7.
    The Authors
    5:41
  8. 8.
    A Labor of Love Over the Words of the Declaration
    7:57
  9. 9.
    Arguments for and Against Independence
    11:19

Disc 20

  1. 1.
    Lead Balls for Ammunition
    1:51
  2. 2.
    British War Plans, Part 1
    4:00
  3. 3.
    British War Plans, Part 2
    5:52
  4. 4.
    American War Plans
    5:16
  5. 5.
    General Washington Will Not Compromise
    8:22
  6. 6.
    First Battles After the Declaration
    4:39
  7. 7.
    False Casualty Reports
    5:42
  8. 8.
    British and American Negotiations
    7:37
  9. 9.
    Inadequate American Armies Retreat
    9:41

Disc 21

  1. 1.
    American Discouragement
    4:00
  2. 2.
    Just One American Victory
    5:21
  3. 3.
    Loyalists to the Crown Threatened
    4:39
  4. 4.
    Crossing the Delaware
    9:09
  5. 5.
    Ben Franklin Seeks French Support
    3:43
  6. 6.
    Marquis Lafayette's Desire for Glory
    3:08
  7. 7.
    Franklin Inspires Young Marquis Lafayette
    7:10
  8. 8.
    Lafayette's Talk of Possible American Support
    4:40
  9. 9.
    France and Financial Sujpport
    10:55

Disc 22

  1. 1.
    General Gates Plays Politics
    5:14
  2. 2.
    Benedict Arnold Demoted
    7:26
  3. 3.
    Fighting in the Countryside
    6:13
  4. 4.
    The Hero of Saratoga
    6:55
  5. 5.
    General Gates' Deceit to Congress
    4:38
  6. 6.
    Supplies Never Arrive
    5:39
  7. 7.
    Hunger at Valley Forge
    5:57
  8. 8.
    Deceits and Corruption
    5:42
  9. 9.
    Prayer at Valley Forge
    5:09

Disc 23

  1. 1.
    Soldiers Learn Discipline
    3:34
  2. 2.
    A Treaty With France
    5:07
  3. 3.
    England Wishes for Peace
    6:19
  4. 4.
    The British Withdraw From Philadelphia
    4:34
  5. 5.
    General Washington Attacks
    7:27
  6. 6.
    Possible Court-Martial
    5:36
  7. 7.
    Courting a Spy
    7:43
  8. 8.
    General Arnold Secretly Joins With the British
    5:10
  9. 9.
    Benedict Arnold Becomes a Traitor
    7:19

Disc 24

  1. 1.
    British Occupy South Carolina
    5:55
  2. 2.
    Pardons Revoked
    5:10
  3. 3.
    Rebels Organize
    6:24
  4. 4.
    Rebel Success in South Carolina
    7:20
  5. 5.
    Promissory Notes to the Soldiers
    3:55
  6. 6.
    A Constitutional Proposal
    6:53
  7. 7.
    Cruelties Toward Citizens
    5:38
  8. 8.
    The Swamp Fox
    8:59

Disc 25

  1. 1.
    Plan-Outlast the British
    4:54
  2. 2.
    Washington and Jefferson
    5:30
  3. 3.
    Plans for Battles
    5:29
  4. 4.
    Rebels Stand Their Ground
    9:07
  5. 5.
    Continuing War in the Carolinas
    4:40
  6. 6.
    British Troops Move to Virginia
    6:17
  7. 7.
    Talk of Honor in War
    5:54
  8. 8.
    British Surrender
    8:11

Disc 26

  1. 1.
    King of England Learns of Revolutionary Victory
    4:05
  2. 2.
    Americas Debt of War
    2:58
  3. 3.
    A Fragile Government
    8:20
  4. 4.
    George Washingtons Love of Freedom
    4:44
  5. 5.
    Promissory Notes to the Soldiers
    6:03
  6. 6.
    A Constitutional Proposal
    6:11
  7. 7.
    Adams and Jefferson Discuss Constitutional Issues
    6:43
  8. 8.
    The Constitutional Convention
    7:27
  9. 9.
    How Will the People Be Represented?
    6:45
  10. 10.
    Representation and Slavery
    3:30
  11. 11.
    A New American Constitution
    6:39

Disc 27

  1. 1.
    A Young Artist In Pennsylvania
    4:28
  2. 2.
    A Need For Inventions
    6:01
  3. 3.
    Disappointment In Paris
    4:40
  4. 4.
    The Invention Process
    6:11
  5. 5.
    The Plunging Boat
    5:36
  6. 6.
    Steamboat Plans
    4:28
  7. 7.
    Steamboat Success And Failure
    6:42
  8. 8.
    Torpedos
    6:14
  9. 9.
    Fulton's Folly
    7:20

Disc 28

  1. 1.
    A Youth in North Carolina
    3:09
  2. 2.
    Prisoners of War
    7:11
  3. 3.
    Deaths in the Family
    5:56
  4. 4.
    West to Tennessee
    6:11
  5. 5.
    Troubles With the Native Americans
    4:21
  6. 6.
    Tennessee Statehood and Democracy
    4:41
  7. 7.
    Congressman and Senator
    7:59
  8. 8.
    Judge and General
    8:44

Disc 29

  1. 1.
    War of 1812
    3:01
  2. 2.
    General Jackson:Hero of the South
    7:04
  3. 3.
    A Call to Political Life Again
    6:10
  4. 4.
    The People's President
    8:51
  5. 5.
    Daughter of a President
    6:02
  6. 6.
    Writing and Literature
    5:55
  7. 7.
    Sympathy for Shares
    6:21
  8. 8.
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    8:07

Disc 30

  1. 1.
    Country Lawyer
    3:02
  2. 2.
    Keep the Country Undivided
    4:50
  3. 3.
    A Speech on Slavery
    5:22
  4. 4.
    Upcoming Election
    5:23
  5. 5.
    The Nomination for President
    5:37
  6. 6.
    Early Struggles as President
    6:16
  7. 7.
    Fort Sumter: Start of Civil War
    4:51
  8. 8.
    Habeas Corpus Suspended
    5:30
  9. 9.
    Riots in Union States
    4:08
  10. 10.
    General Sherman
    5:01

Disc 31

  1. 1.
    General McClellan
    4:38
  2. 2.
    Politics and Military
    6:09
  3. 3.
    The Slow General
    6:25
  4. 4.
    Wounded Soldiers
    9:03
  5. 5.
    General McClellan Replaced
    5:09
  6. 6.
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    8:01
  7. 7.
    Union Successes
    7:35
  8. 8.
    The Gettysburg Address
    8:06

Disc 32

  1. 1.
    Robert E. Lee's Great Heritage
    5:15
  2. 2.
    Ulysses S. Grant's Honesty
    6:55
  3. 3.
    Educators at West Point
    6:00
  4. 4.
    Lee Refuses Union Generalship
    7:17
  5. 5.
    Grant Becomes a Union General
    3:41
  6. 6.
    Lee Leads Confederates
    3:01
  7. 7.
    U.S. (Unconditional Surrender) Grant
    7:20
  8. 8.
    Lee Surrenders to Grant
    9:47

Disc 33

  1. 1.
    Young Edison: A Distracted Worker
    4:04
  2. 2.
    News of Lincoln's Death
    3:34
  3. 3.
    A Fragile Government
    7:14
  4. 4.
    Working With Electricity
    6:29
  5. 5.
    Edison Cheated in Boston
    3:58
  6. 6.
    The Stock Ticker
    6:50
  7. 7.
    Edison's New Company
    3:43
  8. 8.
    A Wife for Edison
    7:00
  9. 9.
    The Phonograph and Light Bulb
    5:04

Disc 34

  1. 1.
    A Quaker Upbringing
    2:29
  2. 2.
    Family Bankruptcy
    5:27
  3. 3.
    The Anthony Family's New Beginning
    6:23
  4. 4.
    A Proposal for Marriage
    7:51
  5. 5.
    The Temperance Society
    6:43
  6. 6.
    The Woman Run Temperance Society
    5:09
  7. 7.
    Women's Rights
    6:19
  8. 8.
    Honor Found in Repaying Debt
    5:14
  9. 9.
    The First Women Voters
    5:21
  10. 10.
    Susan B. Anthony
    6:33

Disc 35

  1. 1.
    Frederick Douglas Learns to Read
    3:56
  2. 2.
    Opportunity in New York
    5:52
  3. 3.
    Slaves Freed
    8:13
  4. 4.
    Booker T. Washington's College Education
    7:20
  5. 5.
    The Need of Education for African Americans
    5:42
  6. 6.
    The Tuskegee Institute
    7:40
  7. 7.
    The Growth of the Institute
    6:02
  8. 8.
    George Washington Carver
    6:45

Disc 36

  1. 1.
    The Wright Brothers Desire to Fly
    4:27
  2. 2.
    Test Flights
    4:40
  3. 3.
    Successful Flights
    5:06
  4. 4.
    Young Charles Lindbergh
    8:07
  5. 5.
    Flying Lessons
    3:17
  6. 6.
    Wing Walking and Parachuting
    4:57
  7. 7.
    New York to Paris Contest
    6:13
  8. 8.
    The Famous Lindbergh Flight
    6:50

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