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10 episodes in this season

Antietam

60 min

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Massacre At Mystic

60 min

Einstein's Letter

60 min

Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley

60 min

When America Was Rocked

60 min

Gold Rush

60 min

Scopes: The Battle Over America's Soul

60 min

The Homestead Strike

60 min

Freedom Summer

60 min

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Shay's Rebellion: America's First Civil War

60 min

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

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20061h2.0

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Massacre At Mystic

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Apr 9, 2006

On May 26, 1637, English settlers and their Indian allies attacked Mystic Fort, home of the Pequot Indians, in Mystic Connecticut would change the relationship between the colonists and Indians forever. Several hundred Pequot Indians would be massacred in this battle, and those who tried to flee were either killed or sold into slavery afterwards. This single battle severely decimated the Pequot Indian tribe. Over the years, the tribe living on their reservation had diminished to merely three people. They would go on to take on the American government, getting land and federal recognition. Their tribe has been able to make a resurgence thanks to the controversial construction of a bingo hall and eventually a casino in the northeast.

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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

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20061h2.0

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Massacre At Mystic

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Apr 9, 2006

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