73 – Shays’ Rebellion
The early American republic is not discussed much in American history, at least not in high school. You might get some of that time period in a college history class, but it doesn’t seem to be a big topic in popular history. Why is that? Maybe because it’s easy to see how the Founding Generation didn’t live up to their high-minded ideals and pretty rhetoric. Or maybe it’s because early United States history is fraught with rebellions, tax revolts, uprisings and the like. Either way, it’s a very ...