History with Geek Girl

 Hello History Friends! I accidentally lied to you. A few times. I  forgot to mention that the Sons of Liberty had branches in all 13 colonies. AND- I said that Andrew Oliver was from England. He was not. He was born in Boston, but was hired BY the Crown to be the stampman (until he resigned). Also, I've put way too much stress on myself about where to put mini episodes of people who are influential. I still want to DO some, but my brain might make me want to wait until later. Who knows? Not I, said the duck. Mostly, though, I told you that where we left off on the Liberty Pole episode was going to be discussed in this one. However, I forgot about a couple of important things that we need to discuss before jumping into the Liberty Pole story. Sorry!! We talked about how the Sons of Liberty responded to the Stamp Act and then later the Townshend Acts, but I really wanted to discuss a SPECIFIC response to these as well.  First I need to tell you about this guy, his name was...

 Hello history friends! First off, I have a couple clarifications to make after the last episode. 1. I pronounced Townshend wrong. I knew in my head that it was really pronounced Town-send, but I struggle when things are spelled differently than they sound. The struggle is real, especially living so close to Versailles and having to disregard the beautiful, flowy French pronunciation.  2. I answered my own question. I had wondered why it was called the 7 Years war when it lasted for 9 years. It's because the French and Indian War raged for two years on this continent before starting up on that side of the ocean. Now you know!  Alright, today we're going to talk about all the Liberty Titled things- We'll talk about the Sons of Liberty, Liberty Trees, and Liberty Poles (It will be a fantastic segue to the next episode!!) If you live here in the US, you have definitely heard the term Sons of Liberty. When I knew I was going to be researching these fellas, I was SO excited to...