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• Sugar Actin' Up

  The year is 1764 and news of George Grenville's Sugar Act has just reached the shores of Boston. Do the colonists care? Not at first, until a certain rabble rouser makes it his problem to make it everyone else's problem too.Key Players:Patriots:Samuel Adams- Harvard Grad turned rabble rouser; watched his family get ruined by the land bank debacleJames Otis Jr- Successful lawyer and politician, enemy of Hutchinson, besties with AdamsLoyalists:George Grenville- Prime Minister of England, creator of The American Duties Act (Sugar Act)Thomas Hutchinson- Lt governor of Massachusetts, while holding many other positions, he had a lot of enemiesFrances Bernard- Royal Governor of Massachusetts, lots of power, little patienceWe want to hear from you!  What did you find interesting? What do you want to find out next? Email us: [email protected]

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• The American Duties Act

  Is it possible that a single act of parliament could have triggered an entire revolution? Well yes, in a way. Especially when that act was the American Duties Act and specifically impacted Samuel Adams (who made that act his personal problem). Today we’re talking about George Grenville and his rivalry with Lord Bute and how that somehow changed the world because of Samuel Adams and his rabble rousing tendencies. Is there a riot? No, but with good reason, that you'll find out next time (I promise) But what even was the American Duties Act? You’ll have to tune in to find out. We want to hear from you, email us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ and let us know what you found most interesting and what you want to find out next!

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• No Taxation Without Representation: The Beginning

  If you’ve never heard of Thomas Hutchinson and James Otis Jr; you probably should have. Hutchinson may have been a loyalist governor, but he’s as much of a main character as Samuel Adams was. While Samuel Adams isn’t a main character in today’s story, he does connect our main characters- enemy of Hutchinson, co-conspirator of Otis.And if you’ve only learned about early American history from Hamilton (no judgment AT ALL), Hutchinson is much like Burr, and Otis is more like Hamilton However, one of the aforementioned men is credited with popularizing the phrase we all had drilled into our heads by the 4th grade, “No taxation without representation”. But how did it all end? Well, with lightening and/or fleeing on a boat- but we’re not focusing in on how things ended, we’re diving into the beginnings. And the American Revolution, in a way, began with Thomas Hutchinson and James Otis Jr.We want to hear from you, email us at [email protected] and let us know what you found most interesting and what you want to find out next!

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• The Revolution Was Brewing

  Before George Washington became the Father of a country, he was just a person (he was still just a person after fathering a country) but in 1755, young Washington led his men straight into a massacre at Fort Necessity, and then saved some men from a massacre at the Battle of the Monongahela. The Battle of the Monongahela is best known as Braddock’s defeat, where Washington became a hero. While all of this was happening in Virginia a different story was playing out in Massachusetts Bay Colony at the same time and a totally different story was taking place in Britain.In this episode we connect the dots to create a picture that almost makes sense. George Washington goes to see the new Commander in Chief of the British Army (who was also the royal governor of Massachusetts after the Land Bank Debacle) after Braddock didn’t make it past the Monongahela. He wanted fair treatment and pay. Did he receive fair treatment, pay or that royal commission he sought after? You’ll find out soon.Also, super exciting spoiler- Benjamin Rush makes an appearance today.And we want to hear from you, let us know what you found most interesting and what you want to find out next: [email protected]

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• The Land Bank Debacle

  Founded friends, meet Deacon Adams (Samuel Adams Sr): Boston’s most frugal man with the loosest purse strings. Picture it: Massachusetts is broke, paper money is flowing like ale at a tavern, and someone says, “Hey, let’s back currency with land instead of gold!” Enter the first Samuel Adams; he hops aboard the Land Bank scheme, believing it’s a righteous cause for struggling farmers and merchants. We’ll also discuss when Boston said, “No thanks, Royal Navy,” and turned the harbor into a hullabaloo. Get ready for what would have happened if Beyoncé cancelled a concert in 1747, it’s the Knowles Riot!We want to hear from you! Let us know what you found interesting at [email protected] and let us know what you want to find out next.

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