An Evening in Colonial America, 1700s | 75 Minutes of Calm History for Sleep

Drift off to the quiet everyday life of Colonial America, 1700s, calm history for sleep told slowly through the ordinary hours of daily life in the past. This is a long, warm bedtime history for grown ups, narrated in a soft voice for deep relaxation, insomnia relief, and a peaceful night of rest. The ordinary day unfolds gently, beginning with the curing shed at dusk and moving on through a middling planter's evening, spain first, then the others, jamestown and the first charters , pilgrims, dutch, and swedes, trade for britain's benefit. There is no rush and nothing to follow closely, only the everyday life of Colonial America, 1700s unfolding at the slow pace of sleep. Ideal as bedtime history for adults, everyday life history told slowly, or calm history for sleep, study, and relaxation. If sleep comes before the end, let it come. If this helped you drift off, please subscribe for a new history for sleep episode every week, and use the chapters below to find your place if you wake in the night. ───────────────────────────── CHAPTERS ───────────────────────────── 0:00 The Curing Shed at Dusk 2:10 A Middling Planter's Evening 5:15 Spain First, Then the Others 8:20 Jamestown and the First Charters 11:26 Pilgrims, Dutch, and Swedes 14:31 Trade for Britain's Benefit 17:36 Jamestown in Flames 20:41 The New York Rising 23:47 The Quarter and the Hardening of Bondage 26:52 The Route Across the Ocean 29:57 The Weight of the Numbers 33:03 Sold Alongside Other Goods 36:08 Tobacco, Rice, and Indigo 39:13 Carolina, Locke, and the Split 42:18 Four Regions and a Frontier 45:24 A Patchwork of Peoples 48:29 How Many Now Live Here 51:34 The Great Awakening Remembered 54:39 Ambush in the Ohio Forests 57:45 The Column on the Monongahela 1:00:50 Beauséjour and the Acadians 1:03:55 The Years That Will Turn It 1:07:01 After the War, a Gathering Voice 1:10:06 Retracing the Evening 1:13:11 The Lamp Burns Down ───────────────────────────── #HistoryForSleep #SleepHistory #BedtimeHistory #ColonialAmerica1700s Every episode is created for this channel from original research, original writing, narration, visual direction, and production.