True History schedule

Examine the collision of Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans in the New World.

Most of the inhabitants of the Americas arrived from Asia between 40,000 and 2,000 B.C.

Explore the empires and cultural developments of the Aztecs, Incas, and Maya.

Spain and Portugal shifted trade into the Atlantic, leading to New World expeditions.

Consider how four factors combined to catapult Portugal to a position of global primacy.

Columbus died unaware he\'d initiated one of the most important events in world history.

Within a generation, the Spanish established patterns of conquest they\'d repeat for nearly a century.

In the conquest of Mexico, two empires collide, and two mighty figures clash.

Could the American experiment succeed? George Washington, one of the most iconic Founders, had doubts.

The failures of Thomas Mifflin offer a window into the problems facing the United States of America in 1783.

How did Robert Morris attempt to restore the links between commerce, agriculture, and government finances?

Here, explore the many roles Benjamin Franklin played in the formative years of the republic.

Gen. Clark begins the series by plunging you into combat with a 25-year-old Army captain in Vietnam in 1970.

Analyze Washington's brilliant defense of Boston and his disastrous defeat trying to hold New York City.

Follow the next four years of the revolution, which ended with the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781.

One military genius who emerged from the War of 1812: Andrew Jackson, the hero of the Battle of New Orleans.

America was born out of a group of ideas and a series of conflicts with England.

Reflect on the origins of this system, as well as its inability to deal with economic, military, and diplomatic crises of the day.

While America's original Articles of Confederation were an imperfect system, transforming the system with a new Constitution was a heavy lift.

After the Philadelphia Convention approved the new Constitution, at least nine states needed to ratify it.

Study relics and documents related to the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War era.

Hear the tale told by a tiny gold flake which launched the California Gold Rush in the late 1840s.

Inspect stone points produced at the end of the last ice age by early hunter-gatherers in the Americas.

In this episode, examine four key artifacts that tell the story of America on the move.

Could the American experiment succeed? George Washington, one of the most iconic Founders, had doubts.

The failures of Thomas Mifflin offer a window into the problems facing the United States of America in 1783.

How did Robert Morris attempt to restore the links between commerce, agriculture, and government finances?

Here, explore the many roles Benjamin Franklin played in the formative years of the republic.

Gen. Clark begins the series by plunging you into combat with a 25-year-old Army captain in Vietnam in 1970.

Analyze Washington's brilliant defense of Boston and his disastrous defeat trying to hold New York City.

Follow the next four years of the revolution, which ended with the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781.

One military genius who emerged from the War of 1812: Andrew Jackson, the hero of the Battle of New Orleans.

America was born out of a group of ideas and a series of conflicts with England.

Reflect on the origins of this system, as well as its inability to deal with economic, military, and diplomatic crises of the day.

While America's original Articles of Confederation were an imperfect system, transforming the system with a new Constitution was a heavy lift.

After the Philadelphia Convention approved the new Constitution, at least nine states needed to ratify it.

Study relics and documents related to the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War era.

Hear the tale told by a tiny gold flake which launched the California Gold Rush in the late 1840s.

Inspect stone points produced at the end of the last ice age by early hunter-gatherers in the Americas.

In this episode, examine four key artifacts that tell the story of America on the move.

Could the American experiment succeed? George Washington, one of the most iconic Founders, had doubts.

How did Robert Morris attempt to restore the links between commerce, agriculture, and government finances?

Here, explore the many roles Benjamin Franklin played in the formative years of the republic.

Gen. Clark begins the series by plunging you into combat with a 25-year-old Army captain in Vietnam in 1970.

Analyze Washington's brilliant defense of Boston and his disastrous defeat trying to hold New York City.

Follow the next four years of the revolution, which ended with the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781.

One military genius who emerged from the War of 1812: Andrew Jackson, the hero of the Battle of New Orleans.