Where Sparks Fly: Exploring America’s Road to Revolution

What if history wasn’t something you studied — but something you stepped inside? Here’s your invitation to do just that. You’ll enter the story as a colonist living in Boston in 1765, where you’ll have a front row seat to the events that sparked a revolution.

Along the way, you’ll meet the people who lived it — not just the famous names, but the ones history tends to skip over. Phillis Wheatley was writing incendiary poetry in the middle of all of it. Christopher Seider was a boy whose death changed everything. The Daughters of Liberty were doing something far more powerful than most people realize. Their stories are here, woven alongside the ones you may already know.

Lucky for us, the colonists left a lot behind — documents, art, objects, and opinions — and it’s all here waiting to be explored. You might find yourself reading a newspaper account of the Boston Massacre from the day it happened, or hearing Ben Franklin defend the colonies in front of Parliament in his own words. You’ll spy protest teapots colonists made — actual teapots — to show exactly how they felt about the Tea Act. These aren’t just dusty artifacts behind museum glass — they are portals to a past that comes alive.

There are books to discover as we go — from history and biography to historical fiction and picture books that will surprise you with how much they have to say. And the era comes alive in other ways too — through films, songs, and artwork that bring 1765 Boston closer than you might expect.

There are also plenty of ways to get creative with what you’re discovering. You might make a TV commercial of King George convincing the colonists that taxation is actually a great idea, write a menu description for the turtle soup that was actually served at colonial gatherings, or play a game the colonists themselves might have played on a Tuesday afternoon.

The era is full of characters worth inhabiting, stories worth retelling, and details strange enough to stop you in your tracks.

These people were real. These moments changed everything. Come find out why.