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Today we discuss the origins of the Industrial Revolution in England and how the Industrial Revolution had many positive and negative impacts on the world.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

In this episode we first discuss how Mexico gained freedom from Spain then we look at how guys like Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin helped liberate South American nations.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

In this episode we discuss how the Haitian Revolution was spawned from the French and American Revolutions in addition to what made Haiti's slave rebellion the first successful rebellion of slaves in history. Come learn about Toussaint L'ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines leading their people to independence.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

Nick, Kevin and Brendan discuss the causes of the French Revolution, the fall of Louis XVI and quick rise and fall of Napoleon.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

In this episode we discuss the Heliocentric and Geocentric models in addition to famous astronomers. We then cover major enlightenment thinkers like Locke, Hobbes, Voltaire and more!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

Brendan goes solo today to discuss in some detail the Bill of Rights and how they are applied to the United States over 200 years after they were written.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

In this episode Brendan, Kevin and Nick discuss America's first try at a federal government, how it failed and how the Constitution was created to solve many of the AoC's problems.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

Today Kevin, Nick and Brendan discuss some of the most well-known explorers from World History including a few that you probably didn't know about. For more information on explorers that looked into the US, be sure to look at the early episodes of American History. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

In this episode Kevin, Nick and Brendan will discuss the second half the American Revolution and the key battles that helped determine the outcome of the Revolution.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

Brendan, Kevin and Nick discuss the stamp act, the tea act, the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party as they set the scene for the American Revolution. In our next episode we will get into the battles and major moments and impacts of the American Revolution in the US and abroad.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

Nick, Kevin and Brendan talk Martin Luther and the Reformation. How did the Church split and the various Protestant leaders who questioned the Church.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

In this Episode Kevin, Nick and Brendan discuss the English attempts to colonize North America. We look at the lost colony of Roanoke, the struggles and eventual success at Jamestown and a brief overview of the the colonies. We finish by looking at America's early governments and how it would help set the stage for the American Revolution.   Find our podcast on Spotify, Anchor FM and iTunes.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

Kevin, Nick and Brendan discuss the Renaissance and questions like who were key figures in the Renaissance? Where and why did it happen? Why did it happen?  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

In this episode Kevin, Nick and Brendan discuss some of the indigenous tribes in the Americas. We also begin to discuss the topic of European exploration and the fall of the Inca, Maya and Aztec empires.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message

In this episode Kevin, Nick and Brendan discuss the outbreak of the plague in the mid-fourteenth century and it's origins. Comparisons are drawn to modern pandemics and we examine how some societies were able to slow or stop the spread it while others were devastated by it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sleeping-through-class/message