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• 1814 Washington DC is captured and burned by the British1814 Star spangled banner is written 1815 Battle of New Orleans 1819 Washington Irving publishes rip van winkle1821 Inauguration of the Santa Fe trail1825 Erie Canal is completed1826 James Fennimore Cooper publishes Last of the Mohicans

1701 The English Board of Trade Creates Royal Colonies1701 The French Return Soldiers to the North American Interior1701 Yale College is Founded1702 Colonists Sack St Augustine1702 Cotton Mather publishes "The Ecclesiastical History of New England."1709 Quakers Erect a Meeting House in Boston1713 Treaty of Utrecht1713 Capt. Robinson Designs and Constructs a SchoonerTotal

Carolina1739 The War of Jenkins Ear Begins1739-41 New Explorations1747 The Ohio Land Company is Established1750 Native American Horse Cultures Dominate the Great Plains1750 Parliament Passes Iron ActTotal

1792 Benjamin Banneker Saves the White House1793 Congress Enacts a Fugitive Slave Law1794 The Whiskey Rebellion is Put Down1794 & 1795 The Jay and Pinckney Treaties Protect America's Westward Expansion1796 John Adams Becomes the Second President of United States Inaugurating the Two-party System1797 U.S.S. Constitution is Launched1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Usher in a Bleak Period of American Political Freedom1799 Eulogy for George Washington Ends the Century

Filmed exclusively at locations salient to Washington's story, this program takes a fresh look at an American icon and reintroduces him as a very real, very remarkable human being. Richard Brookhiser, host and author of Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington, puts Washington's manifold accomplishments in focus with timely comparisons to parallels in current events and throughout history. Examining Washington under the rubrics of warrior, politician, and man of charisma, the program goe

Over 150 documented mutinies occurred aboard slave ships between 1699 and 1845; only once, in the case of the Amistad, did slaves successfully return to Africa. Using that remarkable and anomalous incident as a focus, this program takes an in-depth look at the slave trade. Scholars point out how Europe's unprecedented demands for human chattel subsumed a well-established slave trade between African kingdoms, a ruthless industry summed up by one African ruler as "powder, ball, and brandy for men,

Organizing America incorporates interviews, personal accounts, and archival footage to tell a compelling story about the struggles and triumphs of American workers. Broadly traces American labor history from the formation of the first "friendly societies" in the 18th century to the challenges posed by new technologies in the 1980s and 90s.The commentary of labor historians as well as union, business, and government officials helps to identify and explain significant events and influences that h

Much of the story is presented from a unique vantage point ? through the eyes of the enslaved. As factually represented in this series, American slavery evolved from a loosely defined labor system which provided some protection under the law, into the tightly regulated enslavement without recourse, based solely on race. Underscoring how slavery impacted the growth of this country's Southern and Northern states; the series examines issues still relevant today.

"As Long As The Grass Shall Grow And The Rivers Flow" are the words used to conclude may treaties with the Native American people - not one of which was ever honored by the United States government. In this documentary we journey across the once great hunting grounds of the North American plains - land of the Lakota people, once misnamed "Sioux".