History with Geek Girl

Hello, History Friends!! Often, the year 1772 gets skipped in studies of what we at my house call the RevoWar, at least in type, haha! My family is so patient. Sometimes I worry that all I talk about is the stuff I'm learning. Luckily, most of them at least seem interested as well. But let's be honest, what's not to be interested in? I say whoever says history is boring has never actually studied it!    The year 1772 started out on a happy note, Jan 1 was the day that Thomas Jefferson married Martha Wayles Skelton. Now, ya'll know that Jefferson isn't my favorite founding father, but I just finished a book about him called Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham. Not to be crazy shallow or anything, but the fact that Edward Hermann (or Richard Gilmore for those of you who half believe Stars Hollow is a real place and part of your identity live there) narrated it, sure helped soften the ordeal. I still don't particularly care for Mr. Jefferson too much,...

 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...