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Bridgerton Series 2 Historical Evidence

Regency Period:

Royal Collection Trust https://www.rct.uk/collection/georgian-papers-programme/official-correspondence-of-george-iv-as-regent-and-king-1811-1821

Queen Charlotte

The National Portrait Gallery: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp00845/charlotte-of-mecklenburg-strelitz

PBS Frontline: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/royalfamily.html

Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-queen-charlotte-180967373/

History.com https://www.history.com/news/biracial-royalty-meghan-markle-queen-charlotte

Oprah Daily https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a34950295/queen-charlotte-bridgerton-real-person/

Shondaland: https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a34730007/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-regency-london-bridgerton/#:~:text=As%20a%20social%20routine%2C%20it,forming%20allegiances%2C%20buying%20and%20selling

British Titles

https://www.infoplease.com/world/social-statistics/whos-who-monarchy

Indigenous people 1607

Current news from Indian Country: https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/chickahominy-tribe-reacquires-ancestral-lands

Acknowledgement of Indigenous Peoples as the Historical Custodians of the Land at William & Mary

https://www.wm.edu/as/anthropology/research/centers/airc/land-acknowledgement/index.php

British American Colonies

Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/colonial-settlement-1600-1763/virginia-relations-with-native-americans/

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/jamestown/

National Park Service Virginia Company of London: https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/the-virginia-company-of-london.htm

Historic James Towne: https://historicjamestowne.org/history/virginia-company/

Protest & Diplomacy:

Tar and Feather: https://hti.osu.edu/history-lesson-plans/american-history/american-revolution/tarring-and-feathering

George R. T. Hewes Boston Tea Party witness: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/ushistory1os/chapter/primary-source-george-r-t-hewes-a-retrospect-of-the-boston-tea-party-1834/

Olive Branch Petition: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/contcong_07-08-75.asp

Revolution

Declaration: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

Articles of Confederation: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/articles-of-confederation

Constitution: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

War of 1812

Declaration of War: https://www.senate.gov/about/images/documents/war-of-1812-senate-amendments.htm#:~:text=On%20June%2017%2C%201812%2C%20the,into%20law%20the%20following%20day.

The White House Historical Association: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-burning-of-washington

Dolley Madison/Paul Jennings and George Washington Portrait: https://www.nps.gov/articles/dolley-madison-washingtons-portrait.htm

Senate: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/August_Burning_Washington.htm

Treaty of Ghent: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/treaty-of-ghent

From the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson: https://thehermitage.com/learn/andrew-jackson/general/war-hero/

Race in Shondaland

The Cut: Cure for Racism? https://www.thecut.com/2013/12/shonda-rimes-two-step-cure-for-hollywood-racism.html

Grey’s Anatomy: https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/arts/television/greys-anatomy-goes-colorblind.html

The problem with colorblind casting: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/arts/television/hamilton-colorblind-casting.html

The Sharmas: https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/shondaland-bridgerton-behind-the-scenes/a39408741/introducing-the-sharmas-to-bridgerton/

British presence in India

Asian Century Institute: https://asiancenturyinstitute.com/development/1568-britain-s-shameful-colonisation-of-india

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/when-and-why-british-first-came-to-india-1591166-2019-08-24

Colonization of British India https://www.britannica.com/event/British-raj