Today's Fun Historical Fact

These days I'm steeped in research for the new historical fantasy project, so I thought I'd share with you my "Fun Historical Fact of the Day".  Under the heading of "This Sounds Familiar...": 

In the pre-Revolutionary period, the American colonies were eager to be economically secure in their own right, but most of them, particularly Massachusetts, were still tied closely to Great Britain.  So much so, that during the Stamp Act Crisis of the mid 1760s, when they were truly ticked off at the B...