The American Founding is a new series by Jay Cost, PhD of the Institute for Faith & Freedom at Grove City College. Every Thursday at 7 p.m. EST, Dr. Cost will examine interesting and often unexplored parts of the story of how the United States laid the foundations for the freest country in the history of the world. The big ideas, the legendary personalities, the classic debates, the petty rivalries, and more! Look for episodes to appear later on your favorite podcast source!
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The American Founding is a new series by Jay Cost, PhD of the Institute for Faith & Freedom at Grove City College. Every Thursday at 7 p.m. EST, Dr. Cost will examine interesting and often unexplored parts of the story of how the United States laid the foundations for the freest country in the history of the world. The big ideas, the legendary personalities, the classic debates, the petty rivalries, and more! Look for episodes to appear later on your favorite podcast source!
On this episode of the American Founding, Jay examines how the Articles of Confederation failed to hold the country together in the 1780s. By the middle of the decade, it was clear to many nationalists that the Articles were a bad system of government. And when Daniel Shays and his Regulators began seizing Massachusetts courthouses in 1786, it was finally time to act.
The American Founding with Jay Cost
The American Founding is a new series by Jay Cost, PhD of the Institute for Faith & Freedom at Grove City College. Every Thursday at 7 p.m. EST, Dr. Cost will examine interesting and often unexplored parts of the story of how the United States laid the foundations for the freest country in the history of the world. The big ideas, the legendary personalities, the classic debates, the petty rivalries, and more! Look for episodes to appear later on your favorite podcast source!
