@@bradycrytzerofficial Ain't that the truth, but we "modern" Americans love neat little packages. A. is good and B. is bad. People can't think for themselves and all the shades of grey "hurt their heads" as my drill instructor would say.
I always thought it had a lot to do with the they had very little money, but used a barter system of trade instead of money. If the government would have taken the whiskey and sold it, it would have been peaceful.
@@outdoorlife5396 that was part of it, but just one part. They had a barter based system, and the federal government demanded the Whiskey tax be paid in cash. America didn’t print money or mint coins, so these people couldn’t have paid even if they wanted to
Brady. You conspicuously left out John Holcroft (Tom the Tinker). His grave is there. I have pictures. All of these dead fighters were like a lot of people both today and down through history---THEY JUST WANTED TO BE LEFT ALONE.
You can't fault a man for standing up for what he believes is right, particularly when it involves government overreach. Bless his soul.
They all believed they were fighting for a just cause. History is…messy
@@bradycrytzerofficial Ain't that the truth, but we "modern" Americans love neat little packages. A. is good and B. is bad. People can't think for themselves and all the shades of grey "hurt their heads" as my drill instructor would say.
I always thought it had a lot to do with the they had very little money, but used a barter system of trade instead of money. If the government would have taken the whiskey and sold it, it would have been peaceful.
@@outdoorlife5396 that was part of it, but just one part. They had a barter based system, and the federal government demanded the Whiskey tax be paid in cash. America didn’t print money or mint coins, so these people couldn’t have paid even if they wanted to
@@bradycrytzerofficial I guess they were still using British money, I didn't know that.
Brady. You conspicuously left out John Holcroft (Tom the Tinker). His grave is there. I have pictures. All of these dead fighters were like a lot of people both today and down through history---THEY JUST WANTED TO BE LEFT ALONE.
I found him, but it started to rain. I’ll catch up with him another time!