Founded
Founded is a history podcast that takes a look at the stories you missed in history class about the founding of the United States of America. Instead of boring you with dates to memorize, we're digging into the drama of the Founding Fathers because that tea was piping hot before AND after they dumped it into the harbor on that Boston night! There still might be a test though so listen up and learn something but most importantly, let's have fun finding out who FOUNDED the United States of America.
Episodes
December 5, 2025 • 62 mins
How much do you know about The Stamp Act Congress? When did they meet and why? When did the struggle for independence actually begin? How did colonial resistance change when the stamp men resigned after the riots? How did Samuel Adams change the way the Massachusetts Bay Colony government functioned?
On today’s episode of Founded we’re finding out what was happening in Boston just weeks before The Stamp Act was to go into effect. ...
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November 28, 2025 • 41 mins
Have you ever heard of Harbottle Dorr? You probably haven’t and that’s okay. That’s why we have the Founded Find Out, where you get to find out about someone or something you never even had a chance to learn about before. Harbottle Dorr was a merchant, a Bostonian and a member of the Sons of Liberty who really enjoyed collecting newspapers. Somehow, his collection became a gift to history, find out how on this episode of Founded.
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November 21, 2025 • 52 mins
How much do you know about the rights of colonists and the British constitution? How did Samuel Adams rise to the top and become the chief rabble rouser? Why did one of the richest men in the colonies, John Hancock, end up in politics? Do you know what disinterested means, in regard to colonial politics? Who was really in control of Boston during the Stamp Act Crisis?
On today’s episode of Founded we’re finding out what happened...
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November 14, 2025 • 51 mins
How much do you know about how morality during colonial times? Did you know that rioting could be seen as an effective and reasonable form of redress? Why was Thomas Hutchinson’s House destroyed when he wasn’t a stamp master? Who was behind the plundering and pillaging and why?
On today’s episode of Founded we’re finding out what happened in the town of Boston the day after Lt. Governor Thomas Hutchinson’s house was destroyed in...
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November 12, 2025 • 22 mins
On this special episode of Founded, we find a different voice exploring a different part of the American Revolution. Nearly 15 years after the Sugar Act was passed, George Washington has come a long way. After his first mistakes that we explored at Jumonville's Glen and the battle of Fort Necessity, he is finding more success in the fight for liberty right after crossing the Delaware.
History Daily gives you a bit of history da...
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November 7, 2025 • 60 mins
How much do you know about Thomas Hutchinson? Did you ever hear about Thomas in history class? Why did some colonists continue to side with the British even with their taxes and overreach? Do you know how the social system work in the 13 colonies before the revolution? How long have historians been writing history?
On today’s episode of Founded we’re finding out all about Thomas Hutchinson. He may have been a villain to some, b...
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October 31, 2025 • 53 mins
How much do you know about how news spread during colonial times? Did the Stamp Act riots make a difference for the colonists? Did the colonists just love chaos or were there other factors that led their decisions? How much do you know about John Locke and his influence on the founding fathers?
On today’s episode we’re exploring the widespread reaction and actions taken after the Stamp Act riot in Boston on August 14, 1765. From...
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October 24, 2025 • 55 mins
How much do you know about colonial resistance in the years leading up to the American Revolution? Do you know how they organized their resistance and protests? Do you know WHO was doing all the organizing? Have you ever heard of the Loyal 9 or Ebenezer Mackintosh? How did people like John Hancock, Samuel Adams and John Adams respond to the initial taxes imposed by the British that led to the rallying cry “no taxation without repre...
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October 17, 2025 • 52 mins
How much do you know about the first acts of resistance in the 13 American colonies that led to revolution 10 years later? What were the two act passed by British Parliament that stirred up resentment amongst the colonists? Who was behind for those acts and how did he make the situation worse? The colonists didn’t cry “No taxation without representation” because they didn’t want to pay taxes. The people in the colonies wanted to wo...
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October 10, 2025 • 49 mins
How much do you know about the way news spread during colonial times? Do you know why “No Taxation Without Representation” was the catchphrase used by American colonists? When did the first continental congress convene, and why was it about stamps? Have you heard of Patrick Henry? Chances are if you’ve heard of Patrick Henry then you know his most famous quote, “Give me liberty or give me death!” But that isn’t where his story bega...
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October 3, 2025 • 46 mins
How much do you know about the beginning of the American Revolution? How about Benjamin Franklin? Do you know what the relationship between Great Britain and the 13 colonies was like? Why was the phrase “No taxation without representation” used? Have you ever heard of The Stamp Act of 1765? You’ve probably heard of The Boston Tea Party, but that event happened closer to the start of the war than the beginning of the revolution. And...
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September 26, 2025 • 46 mins
How much do you know about Samuel Adams and John Hancock? What about Thomas Hutchinson and James Otis Jr? You've probably heard Samuel Adams name before, but do you know why he is considered the father of the American Revolution? John Hancock's signature stands out on the Declaration of Independence, do you know why? Thomas Hutchinson was the Lt. Governor of Massachusetts, a loyalist, how does he fit into this story?
On this episo...
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September 19, 2025 • 63 mins
How much do you know about the first steps towards colonial union that led to the American Revolution? You might have heard that King George III was a tyrant or that the colonists just really hated taxes, but there is so much more to the story. There WAS a problematic George who put England on a speed run to ruin, but it wasn’t the king (It was also the king, but he wasn’t the main character causing problems- yet). It was his right...
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September 12, 2025 • 48 mins
How much do you know about what led to the American Revolution? You’ve probably heard about “No Taxation Without Representation”, Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride, or The Shot Heard Around The World (though the details you’ve learned may not have been accurate). What do you know about George Grenville, though? Do you know about the 18th century politics that brewed a revolution that dismantled an empire?
What if I told you that the r...
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September 5, 2025 • 55 mins
How much do you know about the social class system in colonial America before the revolution? Although it might sound like a boring topic, it influenced how every event in the revolution unfolded.
Don't worry though, this week isn't a lecture about social hierarchies. We can start exploring the topic by finding out more about Abigail Adams's husband, the man who really wanted to be a farmer against his father's wishes, the second ...
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August 29, 2025 • 54 mins
How much do you really know about the Bill of Rights? Do you know why it was created? This week we're exploring what amendments we can find being violated long before they were ever written down. We’re also exploring the origin story of Massachusetts Bay colony royal governor, Francis Bernard. Obviously, Samuel Adams and the Sugar Act are a part of this....also a lot of debt (Not Britain's or Samuel's this time)
Key Players:
Loya...
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August 22, 2025 • 57 mins
Have you ever heard about how John Hancock left such a big signature on the Declaration of Independence so that "King George would be able to read it without his glasses"? Do you believe it? If so, you might also believe that the Declaration of Independence was signed on the 4th of July, and if you believe that, you probably also think that the handwritten Declaration with all 56 signatures was the first copy of it.
My point is t...
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August 15, 2025 • 52 mins
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 wit...
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August 8, 2025 • 49 mins
Is it possible that a single act of parliament could have triggered an entire revolution? Well yes, in a way. Especially when that act was the American Duties Act and specifically impacted Samuel Adams (who made that act his personal problem).
Today we’re talking about George Grenville and his rivalry with Lord Bute and how that somehow changed the world because of Samuel Adams and his rabble rousing tendencies.
Is there a riot...
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August 1, 2025 • 52 mins
If you’ve never heard of Thomas Hutchinson and James Otis Jr; you probably should have. Hutchinson may have been a loyalist governor, but he’s as much of a main character as Samuel Adams was. While Samuel Adams isn’t a main character in today’s story, he does connect our main characters- enemy of Hutchinson, co-conspirator of Otis.
And if you’ve only learned about early American history from Hamilton (no judgment AT ALL), Hutchins...
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