Milton Bradley was an American businessman, game pioneer, and publisher who was born in 1836. He lived in Lowell, Massachusetts for most of his childhood before enrolling in the Lawrence Scientific School. He dropped out and started a lithography company called the Milton Bradley Company in 1860. Considering that the Civil War was also happening, Bradley wanted to create games that would counter the depressing mood felt by everyone in the nation. His first game was called The Checkered Game of Life. Unlike the more religious games being played around the nation at the time, Bradley based his game around getting money. Many people were intrigued with “the causal relationship between character and wealth”. This concept became extremely popular
