Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. James Monroe In the spring of eighteen twenty, President James Monroe was coming to the end of his first four years as president. He wanted to be elected again. But he faced...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. James Monroe As we said last week, Spain asked other European countries to help it put down rebellion among Spanish colonies in Latin America. Some of these colonies had over...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. James Monroe President James Madison retired after two four-year terms. His Republican Party chose another Virginian, James Monroe, as its next presidential candidate. The op...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Detail from The Battle of New Orleans by E. Percy Morgan The United States and Britain agreed late in December of eighteen fourteen to end the war between them. The peace tre...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Most recently in our series, we have been talking about the War of Eighteen Twelve between the United States and Britain. In the summer of eighteen fourteen, the two countrie...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. As we described last week, British forces attacked Washington in the summer of eighteen fourteen. They burned the Capitol building, the White House and other public buildings...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Detail of a mural by Allyn Cox in the Capitol building. The painting shows the burning of the Capitol in 1814. The United States declared war on Britain in eighteen twelve. I...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. James Madison In the spring of eighteen twelve, the United States and Britain were moving closer to war. Congress had approved a ninety-day embargo to stop America...
President James Madison wanted the warring British and French to honor American neutrality. Transcript of radio broadcast: 30 July 2008 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. James Madison James Madison of Virgini...
EXPLORATIONS - Isaac Newton: One of History's Greatest Scientists By Marilyn Christiano and Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TW...