EPISODE · Aug 15, 2025 · 52 MIN
Sugar Actin' Up
from Founded · host Tori Phantom
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 debacle James Otis Jr- Successful lawyer and politician, enemy of Hutchinson, besties with Adams Loyalists: 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 enemies Frances Bernard- Royal Governor of Massachusetts, lots of power, little patience We want to hear from you! What did you find interesting? What do you want to find out next? Email us: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 debacle James Otis Jr- Successful lawyer and politician, enemy of Hutchinson, besties with Adams Loyalists: 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 enemies Frances Bernard- Royal Governor of Massachusetts, lots of power, little patience We want to hear from you! What did you find interesting? What do you want to find out next? Email us: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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