The Last Crisis of the Critical Period

In the mid 17 eighties, out in rural western life was a bit different than it was in the coastal cities. The war had not been easy on them, but the peace was proving to be positively brutal. A big part of their pain was the result of the new economic relationship between the british and americans. But by 17 85, things were starting to get out of hand. There were so many uncollected and uncollectable debts that something was going to have to give. And that's right when john hancock suddenly got so sick that he had to resign from office. Because it was down to either evict poor families from their homes or stiff the wealthy and powerful