As weve noted a few times, the Colonists in general didnt want war with Britain; in fact most of them were pretty sure they were going to get wiped out should it come to that. Even our most famous P

Note: we inadvertently posted the January 20 episode yesterday. That episode has been replaced with the correct one, so if you want to hear the real January 19th episode, scroll down to the previous p

Most people (we think) have this popular notion of American history involving the British imposing taxes and massacreing people in Boston and the Colonists responding with an indignant Oh, we need to

When the Provincial Congress of Georgia met in the city of Savannah, the natural place for them to meet was a place called Tondees Tavern. Georgians were no fans of British activities such as the Int

In the early 1770s, the American colonies began feeling the need to defend themselves against British pressures. In some cases the activity was political, but there were plenty of people who saw that

We suppose theres something kind of heroic anddare we say it, romanticabout the idea of a bunch of men dressing up as Native Americans, sneaking onto a boat and throwing 342 chests of tea into Bost

Chances are, if you do your basic Google search for first Mountain Man, among the top results youll get would be a man named John Colter. Wed argue that he was ONE OF the first, but the real anser

William Legge was the Second Earl of Dartmouth and, just before the hostilities between the Colonists and the British started in earnest, was also the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the First

At one time there were rumors that Benjamin Franklin had lots and lots of children born out of wedlock. (Insert your favorite lightning rod joke here.) As usual, the real story is more complicated t

Joseph Gist wasnt an especially distinguished person, but you dont have to be distinguised to get noticed on 250 and Counting. Gist was born in Union County, SC and while he moved to Charleston in h