Moving from the colonial era which weve been talking about into talking about the praeli in any way to the revolution, the tensions that come out of the colonial wars more than the colonial wars. And so this is a sort of transition class period. Were going be spending the next several weeks talking about the revolution, the. Justifications for it, the actual fighting in the wake of it. What do we do having all this freedom and not knowing how to set up a democracy . So well be going that direction. Weve just covered the founding of jamestown in massachusetts in the middle colonies. And last time we were talking about how diverse the colonies were getting not just british, but different people, how much more population, how much were growing, how the economy was booming, and how the great awakening was both dividing. Colonies one from another, or rather people within, the colonies one from the another, but also providing a common experience right . This is where weve come from. Where we
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[applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] interested in American History tv . Visit our website, cspan. Org history. You can preview programs, watch college lectures, archival films, and more. Cspan. Org history. To year, south dakota on American History tv. Located on the Missouri River, this capital city is the second smallest in the u. S. With a 13,000. On of just over with help from our Cable Partners in the next hour we will explode his we will e,plore the history of pierr beginning with the State Capitol building. Mr. Venhuizen pierre is a pretty small town as far as capitals go. Fort pierre is another 2500 people. Between the two, probably 15,000 people. Not only is it small, but it is pretty remote. It was selected as the state capital because it is in the middle of the state. It is really a two or two and a half hou
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Gun in a checked bag and went into a bathroom, loaded the gun and started shooting. Panicked passengers were sent skr scrambling. Authorities have not yet indicate add motied a motive fo shooting. Federal Officials Say this appears to be the work of a mentally disturbed person, not an act of terrorism. The suspects brother tells nbc news that the suspect was in the Army National guard, served in iraq. The Alaska National guard says he received a general discharge last august for unsatisfactory performance. Our other big story of the day is right outside your door. It is bitter cold tonight. Were tracking the threat of more snow tomorrow. Forecast with doug. We just showed Frederick Maryland. Places like fredericksburg and places like d. C. Didnt see any snow. Frederick youve seen all youre going to see. Fredericksburg its coming your way and coming to the district too. None of these counties were under Winter Weather advisories last night. Its an exact flipflop of what we had out there