Do You Remember Hay's Rebellion?

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Chaise fled to vermont, which was then beyond the border s of the united states. He was pardoned the following year, and he lived as a struggling farmer in western new york state until his death in 18 25. Dan bullan says, most americans whove heard the story at all. Have a vague understanding. Some farmers launched an insurrection some reason, demonstrating the need for a stronger federal government that helped lead to the writing of our cherished constitution.

In the summer of 1787, fifty-five men got together in Philadelphia to write a new Constitution for the United States, replacing the new nation’s original blueprint, the Articles of Confederation. But why, exactly? What problems were the framers trying to solve? Was the Constitution designed to advance democracy, or to rein it in? And how can the answers to those questions inform our crises of democracy today?

By producer/host John Biewen with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Woody Holton, Dan Bullen, and Price Thomas. The series editor is Loretta Williams.