087 Shays' Rebellion

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

After achieving independence from Great Britain, the new United States and its member states had to pay war debts. As the national government lacked the power to tax its citizens, the problem of paying war debts fell to the states. Many states tried to solve the post-war debt problem by paying state debts before national debts. But Massachusetts tried to pay both. Its strategy created hardship for many Bay Staters and ultimately sparked a rebellion. Sean Condon, a Professor of History at Merrimack College and author of Shays's Rebellion: Authority and Distress in Post-Revolutionary America, joins us to investigate the rebellion, which we remember today as Shays’ Rebellion. Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/087 Helpful Show Links Help Support Ben Franklin's World Crowdfunding Campaign Ask the Historian Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Join the Ben Franklin's World Community Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App *Books purchased through this link will help support the production of Ben Franklin's World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,
0:04.0	Podcast about Early American History with Liz Covert.
0:08.0	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.
0:14.2	Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted
0:18.7	and shaped our present day world.
0:21.2	And now here's your host, Liz Colart.
0:23.8	Hello and welcome to episode 87 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:28.4	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early American past
0:33.8	have shaped the present day world we live in. After declaring their independence
0:38.2	from Great Britain, the United States had to figure out
0:40.9	how they would govern both as individual states and as a unified
0:44.2	country. For many states this process involved trial and error
0:48.1	experimentation. They drafted new state constitutions between 1776 and 1842 and then revised and rewrote them as they
0:56.3	needed.
0:57.3	In addition to figuring out how to govern, the state and national governments also had to figure
1:01.4	out how to pay their war debts. Most of this work fell to the states because surprisingly
1:06.4	the Articles of Confederation did not provide the national government with the powered attacks.
1:11.2	So the national government just sent each state a requisition for its
1:15.0	portions of the monies it owed and left it up to the states to raise the money. Now, most states
1:20.1	tried to solve the post-war debt problem by paying state debts before national debts.
1:25.0	But Massachusetts stood out in that it tried to pay both.
1:29.0	Unfortunately, its approach created financial problems
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