What actually happened on March 5, 1770, in Boston on King Street? On today's episode of Founded we're finding out. Well kind of, the details seem to have been a little fuzzy for everyone involved, but there is an unexpected hero.

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How much do you really know about the Boston Massacre? It wasn't exactly a massacre, it was something else entirely. The soldiers weren't nameless, the townspeople weren't innocent, and so many people tried to stop it from happening. On today's episode of Founded, we're finding out what happened on March 5th, 1770.

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How much do you know about the Boston Massacre and the events that led up to that day? Have you hear about Christopher Seider and the Ropewalks incident? On today's episode of Founded we're finding out all about the series of events that led up to the day that went down in history.

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How much do you know about the events that led up to the Boston Massacre? Have you ever heard of Christopher Seider? Christoper was the forgetting founding martyr whose story was eclipsed by the Boston "Massacre". On today's episode of Founded you'll hear Christopher's story.

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On today's episode of Founded we're finding out what happened when people started to go against the popular patriot movement (it wasn't good for those people). The battle in NYC only seemed to embolden the Boston patriots and they were very, very serious about the non-importation agreements.

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On today’s episode of Founded we’re finding out all about the Liberty Pole. A pole standing in New York City may seem like a pretty innocuous thing, but it led to the first battle of the American Revolution. Long before the battles of Lexington and Concord there was The Battle of Golden Hill.

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The first battle of the American Revolution took place in New York City in 1770, but no one ever talks about it. This Revolutionary Recap sets the scene for where we're going next- New York City, 1770. You'll definitely pass the next pop quiz after this.

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On today’s episode of Founded we’re finding out what happened after James Otis Jr got into a fight at the British coffee house and how that incident snowballed into increasing hostility between Bostonians and redcoats. The printer, John Mein, loses his fight against the patriots and we uncover the first tarring and feathering of the American Revolution.

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On today's episode of Founded we're finding out what happens when a merchant stands up to the patriots in regards to their new non-importation agreement. John Mein had opinions he wasn't afraid to share and those opinions bring skepticism to the cause. The drama in the newspapers comes off the page with one of the patriot leaders, lightning boy James Otis Jr.

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On today’s episode of Founded we’re finding out about Benjamin Rush. His life in Scotland, his social life, his love life, there’s so much to explore. Did Benjamin Rush manage to handpick several future signers of the Declaration of Independence? Yeah, maybe. There’s not much Benjamin Rush didn’t do, including but not limited to writing character profiles about all of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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