A Lost World (1600-1680) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
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Published 2014-05-22
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An episode of PHILADELPHIA: THE GREAT EXPERIMENT

For centuries, the land that will become Philadelphia is home to the Lenni Lenape people. The rich soil and rivers support a peaceful civilization, but in the 1600's Dutch settlers assert their rights to the territory, and a bloody confrontation erupts. Swedish farmers arrive next, but their colony is torn apart by the tyrannical rule of Governor Johan Printz. By the late 1600's, persecuted English Quakers seek a safe haven in the area just as outbreaks of European disease devastate the Lenape.

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Created and Produced by SAM KATZ
Directed and Produced by ANDREW FERRETT
Written by DEVON MCREYNOLDS, NATHANIEL POPKIN, and ANDREW FERRETT
Segment Producer WENDY COX
Edited by RACHEL SOPHIA STEWART
Director of Photography PAUL VAN HAUTE
Music Composed by PATRICK DE CAUMETTE
Associate Producer JONATHAN KOHL
Creative Director GINNY LASCO
Sound Design by DAN LA PORTA
All Comments (21)
  • @prrbill
    Excellent graphical presentation of the early history of the initial European settlement of this area.  I know all too well how difficult it always was to interest young people in the history of the region as reading about this in a history book doesn't exactly ignite too much interest.  This helps to fill a big void.
  • @jaysnowden2
    One of the best historical series I’ve seen. Well done and very interesting.
  • @knockshinnoch1950
    Excellent production. I had absolutely no idea that Sweden had any colonies in the "New World". Neither did I know the origin of the name Quaker.
  • @BonitaEvansPhD2
    Interesting from a historical perspective.  I wish the perspective had been more strongly focused on the people.  It appeared to me that their participation in the film was mainly as a backdrop of yet another story about pilgrims.
  • @joshtj44
    Makes you sad. Makes you angry.
  • @CraigMoreschini
    It is nice such an effort was made to document this aspect of American history, but it really lacks coherence, which may indicate not much is known or a lot has been lost. Or maybe it is the state of historiography on these topics. I'm from the West and generally would agree the Native Americans have suffered a raw deal at the hands of colonial powers, and later (even today) the US government, but the information presented here seems incomplete, speculative, and contradictory. It states the tribe's women owned the land and explains battles fought over land; then it explains how the "peaceful" tribe didn't understand the ownership of land. It says the Dutch who somehow thought they purchased the land expected the natives to follow their custom and rules; then one of the native decedents explains that the Dutch weren't following their customs on 'their' land in an explanation of why the Dutch settlers were massacred. I don't blame the participants who took the time to tell these stories
  • @jajanesaddictions
    this makes me feel so sad. it seems it had to be, but it's still sad.
  • @John-ci8yk
    99000 views and only 849 likes, what's wrong with that picture? Thank you and thumbs up for the video. Content was hard to watch considering the plight of the Indians in the story but it is a very well-done documentary.
  • @sinkhole40
    This could have been a great informative, educational series... if it hadn't been for the TOO LOUD, and needless background music.
  • @brentwill1821
    Henry Hudson leaves the Lenapewihittuck for Manahatta: the original snub of Philadelphia for Manhattan. Terrible.
  • @xaviermichael-young5062
    Didn’t even include the federally recognized Lenape Delaware tribes. Just reached out to the self proclaimed descendants who haven’t even proved their related to the Delaware tribe of a Indians or Delaware nation in Oklahoma, or the Moraviantown Indians in Canada or the Wisconsin group
  • @215-philly-co9
    I was taught how to mount bareback at age 4 by my mom who is a national champ for equine, this is exactly how u mount anyone who say’s different never truly owned and rode a horse naturally. How do you think people rode before saddles they rode bareback like this using the main as ur rains and ur hips to control. Just cause u can google and watch videos doesn’t mean ur right. And if u says it’s abuse trust me that horse is more then capable enough to throw her or even bite her off.
  • @Kathylong994
    I teacher want me to watch this what is 3 fact about this video please tell me I don’t understand