History with Geek Girl

Hey History Friends! So 1773 turned out to be quite eventful, right? With a few things you didn't really expect as well as a few things you did. So, as King George III asks, "What comes next?" (haha- that part of the show was referring to after we were free, but you sang it anyway, didn't you?) Some fun births to note in 1774- Raphael Peale, who was the son of Charles Willson Peale was born. I'm just learning a few things about the Peale family and I've gotta say- I love them. They seem like my people!! I was able to watch a lecture about the dad, Charles Willson Peale... there might need to be an episode just about them! Raphael was not the oldest. He was one of 16, I think? Kids and he was in the first set, but decently in the middle. I just really wanted to mention the family because they are so cool. If someone would write a book for me about the Peales, the Trumbulls, the Wests, and the Copleys... I'd super appreciate it! Also born that year was Adolp...

 Hello history friends!! We're just going to jump right in to the Sugar Act, since we mentioned it last time. I keep saying we. It's just me. I'm one person. But I like to think of anyone listening as part of this, so now we're we. I will probably jump back and forth between the me and we, so there's that. Let's get back to 1764. Ok, remember how I mentioned that there was some smuggling going on? Well, part of this was because after the French and Indian war, it was pretty frowned upon for colonists to buy lots of French products because the English pretty much ruled over us, ya know? Well, the Sugar act actually lowered the price of the duties the Americans were supposed to pay, but also started cracking down hardcore on smuggling AND increased the AMOUNT of things we were supposed to pay taxes on. Instead of sugar and molasses like before, now there were taxes on indigo, coffee, wine, silks, bengals (no- these are not tiger hides- these are thin fabricy thing...

 Trying to decide this was probably the hardest decision to make. There are so many resources out there that discuss the events leading up to the RevoWar (yeah, I just said that, don't judge). I certainly don't need to repeat things that have been rehashed to you a million times over, but I did want to at least set the stage.  I also want to share my resources thus far with you. The first is a podcast called Revolutions by Mike Duncan. I found him when I was going through a French Revolution mini obsession brought on by A Girl in the Fireplace. For those who aren't geeks yet, that's an episode of Doctor Who- an AMAZING episode. Anyway, in trying to find more info about Louis the XIV, I stumbled upon his episode. There wasn't really much about the Louis I was looking for, or about Madame de Pompadour, who I was really interested in, but I sure learned a TON!! But Mike Duncan talks about a LOT of Revolutions, including the American one. He tells you much of what I...