In this episode, we explore the 1774 economic war against britain. You know, when you picture the spark of the American Revolution, what comes to mind? Usually the battlefield stuff. Right, exactly. For most of us, it is this incredibly cinematic imagery, like muskets firing, bloody footprints in the snow, guys in tricorn hats scream in charge across the battlefield. Yeah, it feels like this inevitable violent... Eruption of Liberty, you know, it really does like the heroes are all on exactly the same page marching in perfect lockstep toward this predetermined freedom, which is Not quite how it happened. Not at all, because if you really want to find the true spark of the revolution, you have to leave the battlefield entirely. You really do. You have to step into a tense, incredibly stuffy, wood -paneled room in 1774. Because that spark, it didn't c ...