{"podcast":{"title":"Missing Pages","slug":"missing-pages-6574439","podcast_index_feed_id":6574439,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1101341.rss","website_url":"https://missingpages.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1101341/cd3a070f99eb00c55c26c7a466977f70.jpg","author":"Scott McWilliams","episode_count":27,"summary":"A personal journey through American history. I uncover the pages that are missing from high school history class and discuss the mistakes people make when talking about history.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-06T00:19:09.966578+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/missing-pages-6574439"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 20: The First Imperial Wars","slug":"episode-20-the-first-imperial-wars","published_at":"2025-08-01T17:57:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/missing-pages-6574439/episode-20-the-first-imperial-wars","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/missing-pages-6574439","url":"https://missingpages.substack.com/p/episode-20-the-first-imperial-wars","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/169596426/91939f310d5458ac97920e9df4308f63.mp3","summary":"As we continue on through the late colonial period, it has become glaringly obvious that this era is largely overlooked. Between Bacon’s Rebellion, and the French and Indian War, is nearly 100 hundred years of colonial progress, and colonial struggle. The latter is where the lack shows up most clearly. The American story is largely a British story. To deny that would require substantial evidence to the contrary, or immense bias. However, the other empires involved, the tapestry of Native nations, and of course the slaves, add important complexity, and nuance, to that narrative. The conflicts involving all of these people are as important to the colonial story as the founding of Pennsylvania. We discussed the slave conflicts earlier in the season, so now we must discuss the inter-empire wars. In this episode, I will be covering the first two (at least that touch the colonies in a meaningful way): King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War. These are mentioned in the notes, though only briefly. So I had a lot of work to do to detail the significance of these conflicts. So grab your muskets and cannons, and let’s fill in those missing pages… Thanks for listening to Missing Pages! Subscribe for free to receive every new episode right in your inbox. Music Intro: Fractured Timeline - Sémø Outro: Rise Fall - Eldar Kedem Sources King William’s War - Michael G. Laramie Queen Anne’s War - Michael G. Laramie American Colonies - Alan Taylor Get full access to Missing Pages at missingpages.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"As we continue on through the late colonial period, it has become glaringly obvious that this era is largely overlooked. Between Bacon’s Rebellion, and th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5065,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/missing-pages-6574439/episodes/episode-20-the-first-imperial-wars/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/missing-pages-6574439/episode-20-the-first-imperial-wars.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}